Pott Shrigley, Cheshire Genealogy

History
Pott Shrigley, St Christopher is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1719 from chapelry in Prestbury 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.

Church Records
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 call nos.: P38/1, P38/2/1-2, P38/3, P38/4588/1, P38/4282/1-3, P38/5462/1, P38/4531/16.

Early registers (baptisms, 1619-1812; burials, 1685-1812; marriages, 1630-1751). Baptisms, 1813-1991. Marriages, 1880-1941. Burials, 1813-June 1945. FHL BRITISH Film 2105376 Items 4 - 12 Burials, July 1944-1956. Copy grave register (no dates). FHL BRITISH Film 2105377 Items 1 - 2

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

Records are not filmed in strict chronological order. Some intermittent years are missing.Cheshire Record Office call no.: EDB/170

Baptisms, 1692, 1696, baptisms, marriages, 1679; baptisms, 1680, baptisms, burials, 1764-1765, 1763, [17--?], [1761?], 1760-1747 (filmed backward), [no date], 1744-1745, 1743, 1741-1742, 1740, 1737, 1739, 1738, 1735-1736, 1734, 1732, 1733, baptisms, 1768, 1767, 1766, 1769, [no date], 1771-1799, [no date], baptisms, burials, 1801-1802, baptisms, 1803-1810; baptisms, burials, 1811-1812, baptisms, 1813, baptisms, burials, 1814, burials, 1813, baptisms, burials, 1817, 1816, 1815, baptisms, 1818, baptisms, burials, 1819-1827, burials, 1828-1829, baptisms, 1828, baptisms, burials, 1829, 1828, baptisms, 1829-1830, burials, 1829, baptisms, burials, 1830-1832, baptisms, 1850-1851. FHL BRITISH Film 1836023 Item 2 The parish is included in Record Search collections. IGI coverage 1685-1791. 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.

Poor Law Unions

 * Macclesfield

Registration Districts

 * Macclesfield