Alsager, Cheshire Genealogy

History
Alsager Christ Church was bult as a chapel of ease for the Ancient parish of  Barthomley.

The church was built in 1789–90 at the expense of three "Ladies of the Manor of Alsager", Mary, Margaret and Judith Alsager to a design by Thomas Stringer. It was a chapel of ease to St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley and became a parish church in 1946. To celebrate the centenary of the church a new organ was acquired and dedicated in 1889.

Church Records
Barthomley, St. Bertoline (C of E). The ancient parish church for Alsager. Alsager, Christ Church (C of E). Built in 1789 as a chapel to Barthomley, and assigned to the township of Alsager in 1852, becoming a separate parish in 1946. Registers of Baptisms 1789–1889, Marriages 1852–1868 and Burials 1789–1908 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office. Alsager, St. Mary Magdalene (C of E). Built in 1898 as a new parish church for Alsager. Registers of Baptisms 1899–1986 and Marriages 1898–2003 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office (no burials here).

Alsagar was formerly a chapelry in the parish of Barthomley. Cheshire Record Office reference: P278/1-3, P278/3636/1-2, P278/4737/1.

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

Bishop's transcripts for Christ Church in Alsager, 1789-1842 Cheshire Record Office reference: EDB 4.

Non-Conformist Churches
Alsager, St. Gabriel (Roman Catholic). Built in 1955. Alsager, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Chapel Lane/Hassall Road. Built in 1834, rebuilt in 1852. Alsager, Methodist Chapel (Primitive), Crewe Road. Built in 1862, closed in 1969. . Alsager, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Wesley Place/Lawton Road. Built in 1869. Alsager, United Reformed Church (formerly Independent/Congregational). Built in 1877

Non-Conformist Records
Church records for the Sandbach and Alsager Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, 1838-1956 Localities include Sandbach, Sandbach Heath, Alsager, Elton, Bradwall, Smallwood, Warmingham, Betchton, Coppenhall, Odd Rode, Crewe, Congleton, Lawton, Nantwich, Biddulph, Ettiley Heath, Thurlwood, Rode Heath, Willaston, Sproston, Hassall, Haslington, and Elworth.

An index for Cheshire Non-conformist records is available online in Record Search

Cheshire Record Office Reference EMS 206 Alsager, Chapel Lane Methodist Chapel 1911-1968 Minutes, accounts A chapel was built in Chapel Lane, now Hassall Road, by the Wesleyan Methodists in 1834. This became the Sunday School when the new chapel was built in 1852 Extent 11 files http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=017-ems206&amp;cid=0

  Cheshire Record Office Reference  EMS 207       Alsager, Crewe Road Methodist Chapel    1863-1973    Registers, minutes, records related to the chapel buildings    The chapel was built by the Primitive Methodists in 1862, closed in 1969 and subsequently sold.  Extent  7 files  AccessConditions <td class="AccessConditions"> Access restricted for 50 years, accept registers  <td class="FieldLabel"> URL <td class="URL"> <font color="#0000ff">http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=017-ems207&amp;cid=0

<td class="FieldLabel"> <td class="Repository"> Cheshire Record Office Reference <td class="AltRefNo"> EMS 208 <td class="FieldLabel"> <td class="Level">   <td class="FieldLabel"> <td class="Title"> Alsager Wesley Place Methodist Chapel <td class="Date"> 1869-1973  <td class="FieldLabel"> <td class="Description"> Minutes, accounts, records related to the chapel and school buildings. <td class="FieldLabel"> <td class="AdminHistory"> The chapel was built in Lawton Road by the Wesleyan Methodists in 1869. <td class="FieldLabel"> Extent <td class="Extent"> 15 files <td class="FieldLabel"> AccessConditions <td class="AccessConditions"> Access restricted for 50 years  <td class="FieldLabel"> <td class="URL"> <font color="#0000ff">http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=017-ems208&amp;cid=0

Poor Law Unions

 * Congleton    http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Stockport/Stockport.shtml

Registration Districts

 * Congleton (1837–1937)
 * Crewe (1937–74)
 * Congleton and Crewe (1974–88)
 * South Cheshire (1988–98)
 * Cheshire East (post 1998)