Goostrey, Cheshire Genealogy

History
Goostrey St Luke was created as a parish in 1724 from the chapelry of Goostrey cum Barnshaw within ancient parish of Sandbach.

The parish of Goostrey is first mentioned in the Domesday Book and a church or chapel was present by 1244. By 1617 a timber-framed chapel was present on the site which consisted of a nave and a chancel with a south aisle belonging to the Booths of Twemlow. In 1667 another south aisle was constructed for Edmund Jodrell and this was enlarged in 1711. In 1792 this chapel was demolished and the present church built between 1792 and 1796.

St Luke's Church, a Church of England church, was built before 1220, but it was not until 1350 that the mother church of Sandbach allowed burials here. The parishioners of Goostrey frequently found the way to Sandbach impassable because of floods and must have rejoiced when the five mile (8 km) journey across the Rivers Dane and Croco was no longer necessary. The old church was timber framed, as Marton still is today, but all that remains from the Middle Ages of that church is the fifteenth century font.

Church Records
Parish registers for Goostry-cum-Barnshaw, 1561-1964 Goostry-with-Barnshaw is a chapelry in Sandbach parish. Cheshire Record Office call number: P124/1/1-4, 2/1-2, 3/1-2, 4/1-2.

Bishop's transcripts for Goostry-cum-Barnshaw, 1576-1860 Formerly a chapelry in the parish of Sandbach. Cheshire Record Office no.: EDB 95.

Non-Conformist Churches
Goostrey, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1875.

Non-Conformist Records
Cheshire Record Office DocumentReference EMS 186 Title Goostrey Chapel Date 1875-1975 Description Minutes and accounts The chapel was built by the Wesleyan Methodists in 1875 and enlarged in 1930. Extent 3 volumes URL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=017-ems186&amp;cid=0

Poor Law Unions

 * Congleton

Registration Districts

 * Crewe (1937–74)
 * Congleton and Crewe (1974–88)
 * South Cheshire (1988–98)
 * Cheshire East (1998+)