Capenhurst, Cheshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
CAPENHURST, a township, in the parish of Shotwick, union of Great Boughton, Higher division of the hundred of Wirral, S. division of the county of Chester, 5¾ miles NNW from Chester.

Church records
Capenhurst Holy Trinity parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups:

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

Parish registers for Capenhurst, 1859-1990 Cheshire Record Office: P181/4449/1-2. Formerly a chapelry in Shotwick parish. Includes Ledsham (in Neston parish). Called St. Michael's Church.

Bishop's transcripts for Capenhurst, 1859-1894 Cheshire Record Office: EDB 43

Non-Conformist Churches

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
 * 1671-1900 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

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

 * Great Boughton (1837-69)
 * Chester (1870-1937)
 * West Cheshire (1937-74)
 * Chester &amp; Ellesmere Port (1974-98)
 * Cheshire West (1998-2007)
 * Cheshire (2007-09)
 * Cheshire West &amp; Chester (2009+)

Poor Law Unions

 * Great Boughton (1837-71)
 * Chester (1871-1930)

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