Cheadle, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire  Cheadle

Parish History
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Cheadle includes Bosden, Brookistone, Cheadle Bulkeley, Cheadle Grange, Cheadle Mill, Oakamoor, Freehay, Handforth, Handforth cum Bosden, Handforth St Chad, Huntley, and Cheadle Moseley.

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.

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.

Church of England Parishes
See pages for:


 * Cheadle St Mary's
 * Cheadle Hulme All Saints
 * Handforth St Chad
 * Cheadle Heath St Cuthbert
 * Cheadle Hulme St Andrew
 * Cheadle All Hallows

Non-Conformist Churches
Roman Catholic Parishes:

Cheadle, St. Chad Stockport Road. Founded 1900. Cheadle, St. Ann Vicarage Avenue. Founded 1952.

Other Non-Conformist Churches:
 * Cheadle Hulme, Baptist Union Chapel, Grove Lane. Built in 1840.
 * Edgeley, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Founded 1817. Registers 1818–1837 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
 * Cheadle Hulme, Zion Methodist Chapel (Free), Stretford Road. ReBuilt in 1861. Registers 1824–1843 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
 * Cheadle, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1865.
 * Cheadle Heath, Methodist Chapel (Primitive). Built in 1855.
 * Cheadle Heath, Methodist Chapel (New Connexion). Built in 1883.
 * Cheadle Hulme, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Station Road. Built in 1883.
 * Cheadle Hulme, United Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational), Swan Lane. Built in 1869.
 * Cheadle, United Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational), Massie Street.

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
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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

Web sites
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