Macclesfield, St Paul, Cheshire Genealogy

History
Macclesfield St Paul, Brook Street was founded as an ecclesiatical parish for part of Macclesfield in 1844.

St. Paul's was built 1843-4 as part of a government scheme to build churches in the new urban areas. They are known as Commissioners' Churches or Waterloo Churches. There was a grant of £1,000 to the total cost of £5,400. The earliest Commissioners' churches were fully funded but this led to some extravagance and excess. The rules were changed so that the local community had to raise part of the money and the grant would not cover a tower. St. Paul's is built of stone from Kerridge.

Church Records
Parish registers, 1844-1920 An index for Cheshire parish registers is available online in Record Search

Macclesfield, St. Paul's created from Macclesfield St Michael Cheshire Record Office reference: P225/1-3.

Bishop's transcripts for St. Paul's Church, Macclesfield, 1874-1897

An index for Cheshire, Church of England, Bishop’s transcripts is available online in Record Search

Cheshire Record Office reference: EDB 138