Henbury with Pexall, Cheshire Genealogy

Also see Henbury St Thomas.

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

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.

Church Records
Henbury St Thomas 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.

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

Parish registers, Cheshire Record Office no.: P253/1.

Bishop's transcripts, Cheshire Record Office no.: EDB 107

Non Conformist Churches
Wesleyan
 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images

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

 * Macclesfield (1837-1998)
 * Cheshire East (1998-2007)

Poor Law Unions

 * Macclesfield

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Henbury on GENUKI