Burwardsley, Cheshire Genealogy

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Parish History
Burwardsley St John The Evangelist Cheshire was formed as a chapelry of Bunbury Ancient Parish in 1767 and later became an ecclesiastical parish in 1818.

The church originated in the 17th century. It has a buttress dated 1730 and the church was restored in 1795. In 1871 another restoration was carried out by John Douglas, which included a bell turret. A further restoration with the addition of a chancel, attributed to John Douglas, was carried out around 1878.

St John's Church, Burwardsley is in the village of Burwardsley, Cheshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building. It is an active parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Malpas. Its benefice is combined with those of Holy Trinity, Bickerton, St Wenefrede, Bickley, and All Saints, Harthill, Cheshire.

Burwardsley is a village and civil parish the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The parish also includes the small villages of Burwardsley, Burwardsley Hill, Higher Burwardsley. The parish also includes Burwardsley Hall and is part of two Cheshire long distance footpaths, the Sandstone Trail and the Eddisbury Way.

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

 * Nantwich (1837–92)
 * Chester (1892–1937)
 * West Cheshire (1937–74)
 * Chester and Ellesmere Port (1974–98)
 * Cheshire West (post 1998) The post 2009 reorganisation of civil registration can be found online at Cheshire BMD

Church Records
Burwardsley parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups:

Parish registers, 1818-1936 Formerly a chapelry in the parish of Bunbury. Cheshire Record Office reference: P110/1/1-3.

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

Bishop's transcripts for Burwardsley, 1818-1884 Formerly a chapelry in Bunbury parish.Cheshire Record Office reference: EDB 41

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

Non-Conformist Churches
Burwardsley, Methodist Chapel (Primitive). Built in 1843.

Non-Conformist Records:

Church records for the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Burwardsley, 1918-1958 Burwardsley is a township-chapelry in Bunbury parish.Cheshire Record Office reference number: EMS 23/1.

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)

Poor Law Unions

 * Nantwich Poor Law Union (1837–92)
 * Tarvin (previously Great Boughton) Poor Law Union, Cheshire (1892–1930)

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