Poynton with Worth, Cheshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
Poynton with Worth or Poynton, is a chapelry, in the parish of Prestbury, union and hundred of Macclesfield, N. division of the county of Chester; containing, with the township of Worth. The chapel, dedicated to St. Thomas, was rebuilt by Sir G. Warren, in 1786.

Poynton St George was created as an ancient chapelry in Prestbury, Cheshire Ancient Parish. The church dates from 1859.

The name of Poynton is of Saxon origin, but the settlement was omitted in the Domesday survey. The first mention of the manor of Poynton is in 1289 when it was part of the barony of Stockport. Past names include Ponynton and Poynington.

Sir George Warren was a promoter of the extension of the turnpike road from Manchester by way of Hazel Grove to Sandon in Staffordshire where it joined what is now the A51 road.

Church records
Poynton with Worth parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Cheshire Archives and Local Studies.

Non-Conformist Churches

 * Poynton, Baptist Union Chapel, Park Lane. Built in 1867.
 * Poynton, Methodist Chapel (Primitive), Park Lane. Built in 1845.
 * Poynton, Methodist Chapel (Free), Clumber Road. Built in 1846.

Non-Conformist Records:

Register of baptisms for Poynton United Methodist Free Church, 1857-1943 Microfilm copy of original records in the Stockport Central Library, Cheshire, England. 1857-1867, 1897-1943 FHL BRITISH Film 1655521 Items 2-3 Cheshire Non-conformist records are available online in FamilySearch Historical Records (formerly Record Search)

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 (1837–80) after 1880 see Poynton-with-Worth, Prestbury sub-district of MacclesfieldPost

Poor Law Unions

 * Macclesfield Poor Law Union,Cheshire

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
Poynton with Worth on GENUKI