Church Hulme, Cheshire Genealogy

History
St Lukes, Holmes Chapel, [formerly Church Hulme] is an ecclesiastical parish in Cheshire formerly a chapelry in Sandbach Ancient Parish.

It was renamed Holmes Chapel in 1974.

There has been a church on the site since the 13th century. The present church originated about 1430 as a timber framed building with a perpendicular style sandstone west tower. The nave and chancel were encased in brick in the early 18th century. Shortly afterwards a west gallery was installed as a gift from Thomas Hall. Renovations have taken place in 1839, 1931 and 1950.

Church Records
Parish registers for Church-Hulme, 1613-1963

Church-Hulme was a chapelry in Sandbach parish. Church-Hulme separated to become a parish in 1866. Early parish registers usually have baptisms, marriages, and burials intermixed until 1813 when baptisms and burials were recorded on printed form registers. Marriages and marriage banns were recorded on printed form registers as early as 1754. Cheshire Record Office call numbers: P82/1/1-3, P82/2, P82/6126/1, P82/3/1-2, P82/4, P82/5/1-2, P82/6576/1, 3, 4, 16.

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

Bishop's transcripts for Church-Hulme, 1576-1898 Chapelry (later a parish) in Sandbach parish. Also called St. Luke's Church. Cheshire Record Office Call number: EDB 65

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

Non-Conformist Churches
Church Hulme, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1813, rebuilt in 1900. Registers of baptisms 1844–1973 are at the Cheshire Record Office. Church Hulme, Methodist Chapel (Free). Built in 1851. With burial ground.

Non-Conformist Records
Church records for the Knutsford Road Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Church-Hulme, 1844-1973

Cheshire Record Office call number: EMS 187.

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

Poor Law Unions

 * Congleton

Registration Districts

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