Pulford, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire  parish name Pulford == History  ==

Pulford St Mary the Virgin is an Ancient Parish and includes Poulton and Cuckoo's Nest.

The present church was built on the site of an earlier church between 1881 and 1884. The architect was John Douglas and its expense was met partly by the first Duke of Westminster. In the 1990s the spire was destroyed by fire and has been rebuilt

Church Records
Pulford, St. Mary the Virgin (C of E). The ancient parish church for the townships of Poulton (near Chester) and Pulford. Registers of Baptisms 1559–1884, Marriages 1559–1836 and Burials 1574–1956 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office Cheshire Record Office call number: P101/1/1-4, 2, 3/1-2, 4-5.

Bishop's transcripts for Pulford, 1599-1910 Cheshire Record Office number: EDB/173

Poor Law Unions

 * Great Boughton (1837–53)
 * Hawarden (1853–71)
 * Chester (1871–1930)

Registration Districts

 * Great Boughton (1837–69)
 * Chester (1870–1937)
 * West Cheshire (1937–74)
 * Chester and Ellesmere Port (1974–98)
 * Cheshire West (1998+) Registration events can be searched online at Cheshire BMD