Adlington, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire  Adlington

History
Adlington was one of the 35 pre-Norman townships in the ancient parish of prestbury and remained part of the parish of Prestbury and the records of Prestbury St Peter contain Adlington residents.

It is known as Eduluintune in the Domesday Book.

Registration Districts

 * Macclesfield (1837–98)
 * Cheshire East (1998+)

Church Records
Adlington was a chapelry in the parish of Prestbury.

Adlington baptisms, 1777-1794, along with records for Chelford and Prestbury, form part of the Norman Collection (manuscript, transcript, handwritten) compiled by Bertram William Tuff Norman, available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. (FHL BRITISH Book 942.71/P1 V26p; also on FHL BRITISH Film 823615 Item 3.)

Adlington, Methodist Chapel (New Connexion, later United Methodist)
Built in 1870, closed in 1957. Registers of marriages, 1941–54, are at the Cheshire Record Office.

Poor Law Unions

 * Macclesfield

Maps and Gazetteers
See a gazetteer description of Adlington at Vision of Britain.