Partington, Cheshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
PARTINGTON, a township, in the parish of Bowdon, union of Altrincham, hundred of Bucklow, N. division of the county of Chester, 5 miles NW from Altrincham. There are places of worship for Calvinists and Independents.

Church Records
Partington Parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have online indexes by the following groups:

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

Bishop's transcripts for Partington, 1891-1910 Cheshire Record Office: EDB 168

Non-Conformist Churches

 * 1671-1900 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)
 * Roman Catholic
 * Independent
 * Methodist

Non-Conformists Church Records:

Church records, 1826-1837 Independent Church (Partington, England) RG-4 series no. 93.

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

 * Altrincham (1837-98)
 * Bucklow (1898-1974)
 * Trafford [Greater Manchester] (1974+)

Poor Law Unions

 * Altrincham (1836-95)
 * Bucklow (1895-1930)

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
See a gazetteer description of Adlington at Vision of Britain.