Congleton St James,Cheshire

England Cheshire  Cheshire Parishes  Congleton St James

Parish History
CONGLETON, an incorporated market-town, a chapelry, and the head of a union, in the parish of Astbury, locally in the hundred of Northwich, S. division of the county of Chester, 31 miles (E. by S.) from Chester. The chapel, dedicated to St. Peter. At Congleton Moss, a church was dedicated to the Holy Trinity it was erected in 1845. Two districts or ecclesiastical parishes have been formed under Sir Robert Peel's act: in the one, St. Stephen's district, a chapel has been purchased from the dissenters, in the other, St. James', a church. There are places of worship for Independents, Primitive Methodists, Wesleyans, Unitarians, and Roman Catholics.

Congleton St James was formed in 1847 from Congleton St Peter,Cheshire and the earlier Ancient parish of  Astbury, Cheshire.

In 1847 the district of Astbury contained a population of three thousand four hundred. Under an act known as ‘Sir Robert Peel’s Church Extension Act’, which was designed to make better provision for the spiritual care of populous parishes, the church of St. James was born.

The Church consists of Nave, Side Aisles and Chancel, with a porch at the northern end and a bell-cot surmounting the western end of the Nave roof.

Church Records
Congleton St James parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups:

Parish registers for St. James, Congleton, Cheshire, 1844-1957

An index for Cheshire parish registers is available online at FamilySearch Historical Records(formerly Record Search)

Cheshire Record Office number: P210/1/1-5, 2/1-5, P210/5142/1, P210/5273/1-5.

Poor Law Unions

 * Congleton Poor Law Union, Cheshire