Wallasey, Cheshire Genealogy

Guide to Wallasey, Cheshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
WALLASEY (St. Hilary), is a parish, in the union, and Lower division of the hundred, of Wirrall, South division of the county of Chester; containing, with the villages of Egremont and New Brighton, the township of Seacombe with Poolton , and the township of Liscard. The church, bears date 1560, stands in the centre of the parish: it was enlarged in 1837. There were two other churches prior to the Dissolution, appropriated to Birkenhead Abbey.

St Hilary's Church, Wallasey is an Ancient Parish in the town of Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It consists of a church built in 1858–59. The first church is thought to have been built in Saxon times it is thought that a new church was built between 1162 and 1182 by William de Waley.

A church has been on this site since before 902 AD when the Vikings named the hamlet here Kirby in Walea - 'the village with the church on the island of the foreigners'. There are only eight churches in Britain named after the French Bishop of Poitiers, St Hilary, who fought against early heresies and contributed to the Council of Nicea in 325 AD and the Nicene Creed. The present church is at least the sixth one on the site, with an older tower (1530) standing alone in the churchyard which had been part of two earlier churches. The fifth church burnt down in 1857.

Church records
Wallasey parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

New Brighton registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Cheshire Archives and Local Studies.

Non-Conformist Churches
Wallasey, Church of the English Martyrs (Roman Catholic), St. George's Road. Founded 1902.

Wallasey, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Brighton Street/Victoria Road. Built in 1839, closed in 1966. Registers of marriages 1902–1964 are at the Cheshire Record Office.

Wallasey, Methodist Chapel (New Connexion). Built in 1884, closed in 1935. Registers 1909–1934 are at the Cheshire Record Office.

Wallasey, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Claremont Road. Built in 1885, rebuilt in 1910.

Wallasey, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Manor Road. Founded 1893, Built in 1904.

Wallasey, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Oakdale Road. Founded 1899, closed in 1943. Registers 1932–1935 are at the Cheshire Record Office.

Wallasey, Methodist Chapel (Primitive), Poulton Road. Built in 1904, demolished 1944. Registers 1916–1949 are at the Cheshire Record Office.

Wallasey, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Oxton Road. Founded 1905, rebuilt in 1961.

Wallasey, Presbyterian Chapel. Founded 1877, Built in 1900.

Wallasey, United Reformed Church, Marlowe Road. Built in 1913.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from 1 July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. Here are two excellent Internet sites with birth, marriage and death indexes available:


 * FreeBMD
 * Cheshire BMD

Registration Districts

 * Wirral (1837–61)
 * Birkenhead (1861–1936)
 * Wallasey (1936–98)
 * Wirral (post 1998)

Poor Law Unions

 * Wirral Poor Law Union, Cheshire (1836–61)
 * Birkenhead Poor Law Union, Cheshire (1861–1930)

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.

see also England Cheshire Probate Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

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

Websites
Wallasey on GENUKI