Tarporley, Cheshire Genealogy

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Guide to Tarporley, 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.



Parish History
TARPORLEY (St. Helen), is a market-town and parish, in the union of Nantwich, First division of the hundred of Eddisbury, South division of the county of Chester; containing, with the townships of Eaton, Rushton , and Utkinton , is 10½ miles (E. S. E.) from Chester. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Tarporley St Helen's is an Ancient Parish in Cheshire including Eaton, Rushton and Utkinton.

The first documentary evidence of a church on this site is in 1287. The earliest parts of the present church are the two chapels which date from the 15th century. The rest of the church has been altered in a series of restorations. The Arderne (north) chapel was remodelled in 1861, the Utkinton (south) chapel in 1865.

Tarporley was a township in Tarporley Parish, Eddisbury Hundred, which became a civil parish in 1866. In 1936 part of Eaton (near Tarporley) was added to Tarporley. It included the hamlets of Arderne (part), Birch Heath, Cobblers Green and Rhuddall Heath. Tarporley is a large village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Tarporley civil parish also contains the village of Rhuddall Heath.

Church records
Tarporley St Helen 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.

Parish registers for Tarporley, Cheshire, 1558-1923 Cheshire Record Office reference: P22/1/1-6, P22/2/1-4, P22/3/1-5, P22/5/1-2, P22/6-7.

An index for Cheshire parish registers is available online at FamilySearch Historical Records.

Bishop's transcripts for Tarporley, 1600-1864 Text in Latin and English. Records are not in strict chronological order. Some years are missing.

An index for Cheshire, Church of England, Bishop’s Transcripts (Diocese of Chester) is available online at FamilySearch Historical Records.

Non-Conformist Churches

 * Tarporley, St. Thomas a Becket (Roman Catholic), Nantwich Road/Eaton Road. Founded 1938.
 * Tarporley Baptist Union Chapel. Founded 1817, Built in 1866.
 * Tarporley, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1791, rebuilt in 1867, closed in 1976. Registers 1839–1894 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
 * Tarporley, Methodist Chapel (Primitive). Built in 1846.

Non-Conformist Records:

Cheshire Record Office Reference EMS 253 Tarporley Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Registers 1902-75, Various records 1834-1961 URL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=017-ems253&amp;cid=0

Church records for the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Tarporley, 1839-1894, 1902-1961 Cheshire Record Office call nos.: ZCR 55/129, EMS 253/1/1.

An index for Cheshire Non-conformist records is available online at FamilySearch Historical Records.

Church records for the Tarporley Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, 1839-1929 Localities include Tarporley, Eaton, Eddisbury, Tarvin, Tattenhall, Rushton, Crewe, Burton, Alpraham, Acton, Bickerton, Duddon, Bunbury, Calveley, Ashton, Clotton, Little Budworth, Kelsall, Beeston, Tilstone, Oscroft, Willington, Hoofield, Spurston, Wardle, Woodworth Green, Ellesmere Port, Rushton, Birch Heath,Cheshire Record Office reference: EMC 16/4/1-2.

An index for Cheshire Non-conformist records is available online at FamilySearch Historical Records.

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 and death indexes available:


 * FreeBMD
 * Cheshire BMD

Registration Districts

 * Nantwich (1837–92)
 * Chester (1892–1937)
 * Northwich (1937–74)
 * Vale Royal (1974–98)
 * Cheshire Central (1998–2009)
 * Cheshire West (post 2009)

Poor Law Unions

 * Nantwich Poor Law Union 1837-1892
 * Tarvin (previously Great Boughton) Poor Law Union, Cheshire 1892-1930

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)

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