Stretton, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire   Stretton



History
Stretton St Michael is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1830 from chapelry in Great Budworth, Cheshire  Ancient Parish.

Stretton is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England not far from Warrington. The parish includes the village of Lower Stretton. It is at the very southern tip of Warrington, about seven miles south of the town centre.

There are two villages called Stretton in Cheshire, the village near Malpas lies in Tilston, Cheshire parish

St Matthew's Church, Stretton is in the village of Stretton, Cheshire, England. The church is a Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth. Its benefice is combined with that of St Cross, Appleton Thorn.

From the reign of Henry II, the village of Stretton was owned by the Starkey family and it is likely that a chapel was built for the family during the 13th or 14th century. In a will dated 1527 the chapel is referred to as the Oratory of St Saviour. In Leycester's history of Cheshire it is stated that in 1666 the "ancient chapel of Stretton" was "ruinous and in decay". In 1826–27 a Commissioners' Church was built as a chapel of ease to Great Budworth. It was designed by Philip Hardwick and accommodated 250 people. In 1859 Richard Greenall, vicar and Archdeacon of Chester, commissioned George Gilbert Scott to build a chancel, which he did. Richard Greenall died suddenly in 1867 and following this the rest of the church was rebuilt as a memorial to him, Scott again being the architect.

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

 * Runcorn (1837–1974)
 * Warrington (post 1974)

registration events may be searched online at Cheshire BMD

Church Records
Parish registers for Stretton, 1827-1960 The chapelry of Stretton is in the parish of Great Budworth. Cheshire Record Office reference: P240/1-3, P240/1/3, P240/3/2.

An index for Cheshire parish registers is available online at FamilySeacrh Historical Records

Bishop's transcripts for Stretton, 1827-1899 Chapelry (later a parish) in Great Budworth parish. Includes Appleton. Cheshire Record Office reference: EDB 191

An index for Cheshire, Church of England, Bishop’s Transcripts (Diocese of Chester) is available online in FamilySearch Historical Records

Census records
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Index for the Census may be searched at FamilySearch Historical Records

http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

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

 * Runcorn Poor Law Union, Cheshire

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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