Thornton le Moors, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire  Thornton le Moors

Parish History
Thornton le Moors St Mary, Cheshire is an Ancient parish and includes Dunham on the Hill, Elton (near Chester), Hapsford, Thornton le Moors and Wimbolds Trafford.

A chapel was present on the site in Saxon times and is recorded in the Domesday Book. It was formerly dedicated to St Helen. The nave, chancel and south aisle of the present church date from the 14th century as does the south door. A chapel, the Elton Chapel, was added in the 16th century. The tower also dates from this time; it was damaged by fire in 1909 and was largely rebuilt in 1910. A south porch was added in the late 17th century. The nave and chancel were originally undivided but an arch was added in the 19th century. A restoration was carried out in 1878.

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

 * 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

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.

Parish registers for Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire, 1574-1901 Cheshire Record Office reference: P163/1/1-3, P163/2/1-3, P163/3/1-2, P163/5/1-2.

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

Bishop's transcripts for Thornton-le-Moors, 1601-1891 Records are not arranged in strict chronological order. Some intermittent years are missing. Cheshire Record Office no.: EDB/199

An index for Cheshire, Church of England, Bishop’s Transcripts (Diocese of Chester) is available online in Record Search.

Non-Conformist Churches
None

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

 * Great Boughton (1837–71) http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/ches/great_broughton_workhouse.htm
 * Chester (1871–1930) http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Chester/Chester.shtml

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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