Marbury, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire  Marbury

Parish History
Marbury St Michael or Marbury cum Quoisley was a chapelry in Whitchurch Ancient parish in Cheshire.and includes the hamlets of Hollins Lane, Hollyhurst (part), Marley Green and Willeymoor (part). It became a parish in 1870.

A timber, wattle and daub church was present on the site in 1299. The current church dates from the 15th century, the first incumbent being registered in 1530. The church was a parochial chapel annexed to Whitchurch until 1870, when it became a perpetual curacy. The chancel was rebuilt in the early years of the 19th century and again in 1822. In 1891–92, the church was restored by John Douglas, the organ chamber was added, and the plaster roof was replaced with carved oak panelling. To celebrate the 2000 Millennium a new sundial was added to the south wall of the church.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Registration Districts

 * Nantwich (1837–53)
 * Whitchurch (1853–1937)
 * Crewe (1937–74)
 * Congleton and Crewe (1974–88)
 * South Cheshire (1988–98)
 * South Cheshire (post 1998)

registration events can be searched online at Cheshire BMD

Church records
To find the names of the neighboring 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.

  Cheshire Record Office DocumentReference  P 39P39/1/1-3, 2/1-3, 3/1-3, 4, 5/1-2.      Marbury Parish records   Date  1538-1987   Description  Registers: Christenings 1538-1943, Marriages 1583-1983, Burials 1538-1944. Records other than registers 1618-1987  RelatedMaterial 

. See also Whitchurch

 URL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=017-p39&amp;cid=0

An index for Cheshire parish registers is available online in Record Search.

Bishop's transcripts for Marbury, 1578-1881 Cheshire Record Office number: EDB/142

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

Non-Conformist Churches
Non-Conformist Records:

Cheshire Record Office DocumentReference EMS 251 Norbury (Marbury) Methodist Chapel Date 20th century Description Registers1939-58 URL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=017-ems251&amp;cid=0

Census records
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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.

Poor Law Unions

 * Nantwich (1837–53)
 * Whitchurch (1853–1930)

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

Web sites
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