Congleton Congleton Chapel, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire  Cheshire Parishes  Congleton Chapel

CONGLETON, an incorporated market-town, a chapelry, and the head of a union, in the parish of Astbury, having separate jurisdiction, locally in the hundred of Northwich, S. division of the county of Chester, 31 miles (E. by S.) from Chester. The chapel, dedicated to St. Peter. At Congleton Moss, a church was dedicated to the Holy Trinity it was erected in 1845. Two districts or ecclesiastical parishes have been formed under Sir Robert Peel's act: in the one, St. Stephen's district, a chapel has been purchased from the dissenters, in the other, St. James', a church. There are places of worship for Independents, Primitive Methodists, Wesleyans, Unitarians, and Roman Catholics.

Congleton chapel, an ancient chapel mentioned in 1848 Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, stood originally at the end of the bridge and next to the River Dane. Due to falling into ruin, it was demolished in the year 1810. It was a chapel of ease and stood within the civil parish boundary of Astbury St Mary's (which also see).

Congleton St Stephen was formed as separate parish in 1845 from Congleton St Peter and formed at similar period to St James.

St. Stephen's church consists of nave, chancel, aisles, bell-turret, and vestry, in the early decorated style, and was built in 1860.

Church Records
Congleton St Stephen's chapelry registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups:

Title Parish registers of St. Stephen's Church, Congleton, 1844-1958 An index for Cheshire parish registers is available online in Record Search

St. Stephen's Church is one of three chapelries in Congleton township. The township is in Astbury Ancient parish. Cheshire Record Office call number: P 232/1/2.

Non-Conformist Churches
Refer to Congleton St Peter page.

Poor Law Unions

 * Congleton

Registration Districts

 * Congleton (1837–1937)
 * Macclesfield (1937–74)
 * Congleton and Crewe (1974–88)
 * South Cheshire (1988–98)
 * Cheshire East (post 1998)

Registration events may be searched online at Cheshire BMD