Baguley, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire  Baguley

Parish History
Baguley St John the Divine is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1848 from Bowdon, Cheshire Ancient Parish.

The town is mentioned as Bagelei in the Domesday Book of 1086.

The church was built as the result of Samuel Brooks donation of land and appointment of the architect Alfred Waterhouse and between 1864-1868 Waterhouse built his first church commission. He had previously designed the Manchester Assize Courts and Strangeways Prison.

Baguley was a township of Bowdon, one of the ancient parishes of the Bucklow Hundred of Cheshire. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1886 the township became a civil parish in its own right. In 1931 Manchester extended its boundaries south of the Mersey to form Wythenshawe; Baguley was incorporated into the civil parish and city of Manchester, along with neighbouring Northenden and Northen Etchells.

The modern parish is part of the Baguley St John (Brooklands) benefice in Withington deanery of the Diocese of Manchester.

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 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.

Baguley- St John the Divine, Brooklands

Banns-1900-1947- MFPR 2181 Baptisms-1868-1950- MFPR 2180 Marriages-1868-1941- MFPR 2180 Marriages-1941-1949- MFPR 2181

The Manchester Room and Greater Manchester County Record Office Email: archiveslocalstudies@manchester.gov.uk

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

Images for certain years are available at FamilySearch Historical Records online derived from microfilm conversion subject to national and international privacy concerns.

Parish registers for St. John-the-Divine's Church, Baguley, 1868-1949 Microfilm of original records formerly held at the Manchester Archives Central Library in Manchester, England. Manchester Archives Central Library call no.: L279.

Baptisms, 1868-1950. Marriages, 1868-September 1941. FHL BRITISH Film 1408755 Items 8 - 9 Marriages, September 1941-1949. Banns of marriages, 1900-1947. VAULT BRITISH Film 1408756 Items 1 - 2

Bishop's transcripts for Baguley, 1868-1886 An index for Cheshire, Church of England, Bishop’s transcripts is available online at FamilySearch Historical Records derived from:

Microfilm of originals in the Cheshire Record Office, Chester. Cheshire Record Office: EDB 16

Baptisms, 1868-1877, 1886. FHL BRITISH Film 1595462 Item 4

Non Conformist Churches
Baguley- Higher Baguley Wesleyan, Dobbinets Lane Marriages-1957-1983- Archives M291

The Manchester Room and Greater Manchester County Record Office Email: archiveslocalstudies@manchester.gov.uk

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

Poor Law Unions
Altrincham (renamed Bucklow) 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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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