Pott Shrigley, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire Cheshire Parishes   Pott Shrigley



Parish History
Pott Shrigley, St Christopher is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1719 from chapelry in Prestbury, Cheshire  Ancient Parish. It is part of the Macclesfield Arch-Deaconry in the Diocese of Chester.

Pott Shrigley is a rural hamlet The parish covers a lot of ground and outlying farms and cottages can be found as far as three miles away, almost in Higher Poynton.The parish covers an extensive area; outlying farms and cottages can be found as far as three miles away, almost in Higher Poynton.

The church was originally a chapel of ease for the parish of Prestbury. It was probably founded in the late 14th century and completed in its present form with the building of the Downes chantry chapel. The east window was restored in 1872.

The ring consists of six bells. The two earliest date from around 1499 and are thought to be by Robert Crouch; a bell dated 1607 is by Henry Oldfield II and another dated 1796 is by Edward Arnold. The newest bells were cast in 1986 by Eijsbouts. The parish registers for baptisms begin in 1629; burials and marriages were added in 1685. The churchwardens' accounts start in 1833. The silver communion plate includes a paten of 1576, a chalice of 1622, and a flagon, chalice and two patens of 1711.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Registration Districts

 * Macclesfield (1837–1998)
 * Cheshire East (post 1998)
 * Online events post 1837may be searched Cheshire BMD

Church records
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.

Pott Shrigley, St. Christopher (C of E). An ancient chapelry in Prestbury parish, becoming the parish church for Pott Shrigley in 1880. Registers of Baptisms 1630–1998, Marriages 1685–1751 &amp; 1880–1984 and Burials 1685–1956 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office.

Parish registers St Michael Pott Shrigley Microfilm copy of originals at the Cheshire Record Office in Chester, England. Cheshire Record Office refernce: P38/1, P38/2/1-2, P38/3, P38/4588/1, P38/4282/1-3, P38/5462/1, P38/4531/16.

Bishop's transcripts for Pott-Shrigley, 1679-1851

Records are not filmed in strict chronological order. Some intermittent years are missing.Cheshire Record Office reference: EDB/170

Additional record sources may be identified in the Family History Library Catalog

Non-Conformist Churches
Pott Shrigley, Methodist Chapel, Green Close (New Connexion). Built in 1861.

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.

Poor Law Unions

 * Macclesfield Poor Law Union,Cheshire

Maps and Gazetteers
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