Malpas, Cheshire Genealogy

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Guide to Malpas, Cheshire family history and genealogy: parish registers (baptism, christening, marriage, and burial records), civil registration (birth, marriage, and death records), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and websites.

'''Part of this parish is in Flintshire, Wales. See also Malpas, Flintshire, Wales.'''

Parish History
MALPAS (St. Oswald), is a parish, in the unions of Nantwich, Great Boughton, and Wrexham, it is chiefly in the Higher division of the hundred of Broxton, the Southern division of the county of Chester, but partly in the county of Flint, North Wales; comprising the townships of Agden, Bickerton , Bickley , Bradley , Broxton , Bulkeley , Chidlow , Cholmondeley , Chorlton , Cuddington , Duckington , Edge , Egerton , Hampton , Larkton , Macefen , Malpas, Newton , Oldcastle , Overton , Stockton , Tushingham , Wichaugh , and Wigland ; it is 15 miles (S. S. E.) from Chester.

There are threechapels in the parish, St. Chad's, Whitewell, and Bickerton; the first and last each form a separate incumbency, and Whitewell chapel is annexed to the higher mediety. The parish contains places of worship forIndependents and Wesleyans.

Malpas is an Ancient Parish mostly in Cheshire and partly in Flintshire, Wales.



Census records
The 1841 Census returns for Malpas are missing.

Church records
Malpas St Oswald parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups:

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Malpas, St. Oswald (C of E). An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Agden (near Malpas), Bickerton, Bickley, Bradley, Broxton, Bulkeley, Chidlow, Cholmondeley, Chorlton (near Malpas), Cuddington (near Malpas), Duckington, Edge, Egerton, Hampton, Larkton, Macefen, Malpas, Newton by Malpas, Oldcastle, Overton, Stockton, Tushingham with Grindley, Wigland and Wychough in Cheshire, and Iscoyd in Flintshire. Registers of Baptisms 1561–1948, Marriages 1561–1987 and Burials 1561–1905 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office.

St Oswald’s Malpas parish registers Cheshire Record Office call no.: P21/3607/1/1-8; P21/3607/2/1-5; P21/4622/1-14; P21/3607/3/1-9; P21/3607/4/1-2; P21/3607/5/1-3.

Here is a list of church records on microfilm at the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City.

Bishop's transcripts for Malpas, 1584-1893 Cheshire Record Office no.: EDB/141.

St. Oswald, Malpas, marriages, 1561-1837 Authors Bennett, John (Main Author) Dod, John Cadogen Wolley (Added Author) Family History Society of Cheshire (Added Author) "This list has been compiled from two sources. The period from 1561 to 1812 is taken from the J.C. Wolley Dod transcription made during the 1940s. From 1813 to 1837 the entries are taken directly from the parish registers." Marriage transcript, A – Z FHL BRITISH Access Services Window 6395249

A copy of the registers of the marriages, christenings and burials at St. Oswald's Church, Malpas, in the county of Cheshire : from 1561 to 1812 Authors Dod, John Cadogen Wolley (Main Author)

Non-Conformist Churches

 * Malpas, St. Joseph (Roman Catholic). Opened 1946.
 * Malpas, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Wrexham Road/Cuddington Road. Built in 1894.
 * Malpas, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Old Hall Street. Built in 1860, closed in 1968. Registers 1935–1968 are at the Cheshire Record Office. Cheshire BMD have indexed Malpas, Methodist Church (Old Hall Street)1935 Registration District Cheshire West Code AP67 years covered 1935-1952 Malpas, United Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational), High Street. Built in 1815. Registers 1819–1837 are at the Cheshire Record Office. Also at Microfilm of original records at the Public Record Office, London.Births and baptisms, 1819-1837.RG-4 series no. 185.FHL BRITISH Film 20048 Item 13

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from 1 July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. Here are two excellent Internet sites with birth, marriage a nd death indexes available:


 * FreeBMD
 * Cheshire BMD

Registration Districts

 * Wrexham (1837–53)
 * Whitchurch (1853–1937)
 * West Cheshire (1937–74)
 * Chester and Ellesmere Port (1974–98)
 * Cheshire West (post 1998) The post 2009 reorganisation of civil registration can be found on-line at Cheshire BMD

Poor Law Unions

 * Nantwich Poor Law Union (part)
 * Wrexham (1837–53)
 * Whitchurch Incorporation Poor Law Union, Shropshire (1853–1930)

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Cheshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.See also England Cheshire Probate Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)


 * A transcribed copy of probate records for Malpas 1603-1625 can be located in book form The Ancient Parishes of Malpas Tilston and Shocklach

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain