Waverton, Cheshire Genealogy

History
Waverton, St Peter is an Ancient Parish in Cheshire and includes Hatton, Huxley, and Hatton near Tarporley. The earliest documentary evidence of a place of worship on the site is in a charter of confirmation dated 1093. Later references are in a will dated 1599 and in documents relating to the building of a north chapel in 1640 by John Tilston of Lower Huxley Hall. In the 19th century restorations of the body of the church took place, one in 1845 and another in 1888 by John Douglas when the clerestory was rebuilt. The pyramidal roof was added to the tower in the late 19th century.

Church Records
Parish registers of Waverton, 1562-1966 Cheshire Record Office call number: P282/4554/1-9, 23, 25.

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

Bishop's transcripts for Waverton, 1599-1889 Records are not in strict chronological order. Some intermittent years are missing. Cheshire Record Office number: ECC/211

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

Non-Conformist Churches

 * Waverton, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan).
 * Waverton, Presbyterian Chapel.

Poor Law Unions

 * Great Boughton (1837–71)
 * Tarvin (1871–1930).

Registration Districts

 * Great Boughton (1837–69)
 * Chester (1870–1937)
 * West Cheshire (1937–74)
 * Chester and Ellesmere Port (1974–98)
 * Cheshire West (post 1998)

Registration events may be searched online at Cheshire BMD

Bibliography
Richards, Raymond (1947), Old Cheshire Churches, London: B. T Batsford, pp. 342–344 Salter, Mark (1995), The Old Parish Churches of Cheshire, Malvern: Folly Publications, pp. 78–79, ISBN 1871731232