Barnton, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire Cheshire Parishes  Barnton

Guide to Barnton, Cheshire family history and genealogy: parish registers (baptism, christening, marriage, and burial records), civil registration (birth, marriage, and death records), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and websites.



Parish History
BARNTON, a township and a chapelry in Great Budworth parish, Cheshire. The township lies near the Northwestern railway, 2 miles NW of Northwich; and has a post office under that town. The chapelry is more extensive than the township; and was constituted in 1843. There are three Methodist chapels.

Barnton Christ Church is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1843 from Great Budworth Ancient Parish and serving Barnton and Anderton.

Barnton is a civil parish and village in the north-west of England, just outside the town of Northwich, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire. It lies north and east of the Trent &amp; Mersey Canal which goes through two tunnels (Barnton and Saltersford) to the west of the village.

Church records
Barnton Christ Church parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups:

Barnton All Saints parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

To find the names of the neighbouring 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.

Microreproduction of originals at the Cheshire Record Office in Chester, England.

Barnton is a chapelry in Great Budworth parish.


 * Praish Registers: Cheshire Record Office call no.: P126/5230/1-2, P126/5131/1-3, P126/5131/5-9, P126/5231/12-14.
 * Bishop's Transcripts: Cheshire Record Office: EDB 19

Here is a list of Barnton parish registers on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Non Conformist Churches

 * Primitive Methodist
 * Wesleyan Methodist
 * Wesleyan Methodist Association

Non-Conformist Records: Family History Library in Salt Lake City:

Church records for the Mount Tabor United Methodists Church Barnton Marriages,1913-1957 Film  2299417 Items 17 - 19

Church records for the Runcorn Road Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Barnton 1865-1956 Baptisms, 1865-1941. Marriages, 1939-1956. Film 2299417 Items 20 - 21

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

 * Northwich (1837–1974)
 * Vale Royal (1974–98)
 * Cheshire Central (1998–2009)
 * Cheshire West (Post 2009)

Poor Law Unions
Northwich Poor Law Union, Cheshire

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