Stockton Heath, Cheshire Family History Guide

Stockton Heath is an Ecclesiastical Parish partly in Cheshire and partly in Lancashire; Created in 1838 from Great Budworth Ancient Parish in Cheshire and Runcorn Ancient Parish also in Cheshire and Warrington Ancient Parish in Lancashire.

Alternative names: Stocton Heath

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1838
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1838

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Independent Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STOCKTON-HEATH, a village in Great Budworth parish, and a chapelry partly also in Runcorn parish, Cheshire.

The village stands on the Bridgewater canal, 1 mile S of Warrington r. station; has a post-office under Warrington, and a police station with lock-up; and carries on extensively a manufacture of spades.

The chapelry was constituted in 1838. Pop., 1,763. Houses, 375. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £120. Patrons, Messrs. Greenall. . The church was built in 1826.

There is a Methodist chapel.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cheshire, Stockton-Heath – Cemeteries ( 1 )
A Transcript of the monumental inscriptions of St. Thomas Parish Church, Stockton-Heath, Cheshire
Author: Family History Society of Cheshire

England, Cheshire, Stockton-Heath – Church history ( 1 )
From barn to chapel : the story of Stockton Heath Independent Methodist Chapel, established 1806
Author: Dolan, John

England, Cheshire, Stockton-Heath – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for St. Thomas’ Church in Stockton-Heath, 1838-1844
Author: Church of England. St. Thomas’ Church (Stockton-Heath, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for Stockton-Heath Wesleyan Methodist church, 1888-1962
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church (Stockton-Heath, Cheshire)

Church records, 1815-1855
Author: Providence Chapel (Stockton-Heath, Cheshire : Independent)

Church records, 1815-1855
Author: Providence Chapel (Stockton-Heath, Cheshire : Independent)

Parish registers from St. Thomas’ Church, Stockton-Heath, 1838-1947
Author: Church of England. St. Thomas’ Church (Stockton-Heath, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

St. Thomas Church, Stockton Heath
Author: Family History Society of Cheshire

England, Cheshire, Stockton-Heath – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Stockton Heath, The Barn or Providence Chapel Independent Methodist, Chesh., Eng

Parish register printouts of Stockton-Heath, Cheshire, England (Independent Methodist) ; christenings, 1816-1855
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Cheshire, Stockton-Heath – Taxation ( 1 )
Poor rate book for Stockton-Heath, 1914
Author: Runcorn (Cheshire). Rural District Council

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Cheshire
  • Civil Registration District: Runcorn
  • Probate Court: Pre-1541 – Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory), Post-1540 – Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Pre-1541 – Lichfield and Coventry, Post-1540 – Chester
  • Rural Deanery: Frodsham
  • Poor Law Union: Runcorn
  • Hundred: Bucklow
  • Province: York