Disley, Cheshire Genealogy

History
Disley St Mary was created from a former chapelry of Stockport St Mary Ancient Parish. Disley became a parish in 1558.

The original church was built between 1527 and 1558 and was intended to be as a chantry chapel for the fifth Sir Piers Legh of Lyme but he died before it was completed.

The present building was rebuilt between 1824 and 1835 retaining only the tower and nave ceiling from the older church.

Church Records
Parish registers for St. Mary's Church, Disley, 1591-1958 Filmed by the Manchester Public Library, 1974 Original held at Manchester Central Library.

Bishop's transcripts for Disley, 1604-1857 Disley is in the parish of Stockport. Cheshire Record Office number: EDB 77.

Non-Conformist Churches

 * Disley, Baptist Union Chapel, Buxton Road. Built in 1893.
 * Disley, Methodist Chapel, Burton Road (Wesleyan). Founded 1805, rebuilt in 1906. Registers of baptisms 1875–1907 and 1927–1932 are at Manchester Central Library.
 * Furness Vale, Methodist Chapel (Primitive). ReBuilt in 1884.

Non-Conformist Records
Church registers of St. George's Road Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (New Mills, Derbyshire), 1840-1972 original at the Derbyshire Record Office at Matlock, Derbyshire, England.

New Mills is a village and chapelry in Glossop parish, near the border with Cheshire. This Methodist Chapel also served Disley, a neighboring village and chapelry in Stockport (Cheshire), Parish. Derbyshire Record Office call number: D 4309/1/1-3, D 3567/1/1-6.

Poor Law Unions

 * Hayfield

Registration Districts

 * Hayfield (1837–1937)
 * North East Cheshire (1937–74)
 * Macclesfield (1974–98)
 * Cheshire East (post1998)

Registration events can be searched online at Cheshire BMD