Henbury with Pexall, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire  Cheshire Parishes  Henbury

See Henbury St Thomas, Henbury cum Pexall, Cheshire

Parish History
HENBURY, is a township and a chapelry in Prestbury parish, Cheshire. The township lies 2 miles W of Macclesfield railway station; it includes the hamlet of Pexhall ; and bears the name of Henbury-with-Pexhall. The chapelry extends beyond the township, includes part of the borough of Macclesfield, and was constituted in 1845. Post town, is Macclesfield. The church was built in 1845; there is a Wesleyan chapel.

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
Henbury parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials 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.

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

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