Dukinfield, Cheshire Genealogy

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Guide to Dunkinfield, 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
DUKINFIELD or Duckenfield, is a township, in the parish of Stockport, union of Ashton-under-Lyne, hundred of Macclesfield, N. division of the county of Chester; adjoining Ashton-under-Lyne. The river Tame separates the township from the town of Ashton-under-Lyne, in Lancashire. A church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, was erected in 1840-1841, and consecrated on May 24th in the latter year. An ecclesiastical parish, called St. Mark's, was formed of a part of Dukinfield adjoining Ashton, in February 1846. Another chapel was built and situated in the town of Stalybridge (which is partly in this township), called Castle Hall Chapel, was formed, also in 1846. The Calvinists, Independents, Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists, Methodists of the New Connexion, Moravians, Unitarians, and Roman Catholics have places of worship.

Church records
Dukinfield St Mark chapel registers of christenings, marriages and burials and those for Castle Hall Chapelry, St John the Evangelist, and St Matthew's have been indexed by the following groups:

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.

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

Parish registers for St. Mark's Chapel in Dukinfield, 1846-1959 Cheshire Record Office no.: P204/1/1-5, P204/2/1-5, P215/5520/3.

Parish registers for St. John's Chapel, Dukinfield, 1841-1955 Cheshire Record Office no.: P167/1/1-6, P167/2/1-5, P167/3/1-3, P167/3562.

Parish registers of St. Luke's Church, Dukinfield, 1889-1959 Cheshire Record Office call no.: P215/5520/1-6.

Bishop's transcripts for St. Mark's Chapel, Dukinfield, 1846-1903 Cheshire Record Office no.: EDB 81

Bishop's transcripts for St. John's Chapel, Dukinfield, 1844-1854 Cheshire Record Office no.: EDB 80

Bishop's transcriptsfor Christ Church, Dukinfield, 1892 Cheshire Record Office: EDB 79

Non Conformist Churches

 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Independent/Congregational
 * Methodist New Connexion
 * Moravian/United Brethren
 * Plymouth Brethren
 * Presbyterian Unitarian
 * Primitive Methodist
 * Roman Catholic
 * Wesleyan Methodist
 * Free Methodist

Non-Conformists records:

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

Burials, Moravian Chapel, Dukinfield, 1754-1840 Microfilm of original records at the Astley Cheetham Public Library in Staleybridge, Cheshire

Church records for Astley Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Dukinfield, 1919-1941 Manchester Archives Central Library call no.: M275.

Church records for Bethesda, Wellington Street New Connexion Methodist Chapel, Dukinfield, 1840-1911 Manchester Archives Central Library call no.: L10/74.

Church records for Foundry Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Dukinfield, 1850-1958 Manchester Archives Central Library call no.: C/12/3.

Church records for Park Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Dukinfield, 1855-1967 Manchester Archives Central Library call no.: L10/10, M275.

Presbyterian Church Dukinfield, Church records, 1670-1840 RG-4 series nos. 1799, 3764A, 2520, 576, 165, 710.

Old Chapel Dukinfield Presbyterian/Unitarian Church records, 1677-1985 Microfilm of original records at the Timeside Libraries and Arts Dept., Stalybridge, Cheshire.

Moravian Chapel Dukinfield, Cheshire Church records, 1784-1839 RG-4 series no. 97.

Moravian Chapel Fairfield, Lancashire Church records, 1785-1840 Public Record Office nos.: RG4/3122, 3123

Providence Chapel Dukinfield, Cheshire: Independent Church records, 1806-1837 RG-4 series nos. 179-181.

Caroline Street Chapel Staleybridge, England Wesleyan Church records, 1812-1837 RG-4 series nos. 545, 546, 547.

Old Chapel Dukinfield, Cheshire: Presbyterian/Unitarian Early marriages 1677-1713 Manchester and Lancashire FHS Library no.: RC 363

Extracts from the registers of the non-conformist chapel, Dukinfield, kept by the Rev. Samuel Angier, 1677 to 1713

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

 * Ashton under Lyn (1837-1937)
 * Hyde (1937-1974)

Poor Law

 * Ashton under Lyn

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