Eaton, Cheshire Genealogy

Guide to Eaton, Cheshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy:  parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
EATON, a township, in the parish of Astbury, union and hundred of Macclesfield, N. division of the county of Chester, 2 miles NNE from Congleton.

Church Records
Eaton Christ Church parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have online indexes by the following groups:

Eaton Christ Church township in Astbury, created a parish in 1858.

Here is a list of Eaton parish registers on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Bishop's transcripts for Christ Church in Eaton. (Eaton near Congleton), 1858-1896 Cheshire Record Office no.: EDB 85

Non-Conformist Churches
Not known

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from 1 July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. Here are two excellent Internet sites with birth, marriage and death indexes available:


 * FreeBMD
 * Cheshire BMD

Registration Districts

 * Macclesfield (1837-1998)
 * Cheshire East (1998-2007)
 * Cheshire (2007-09)
 * Cheshire East (2009+)

Poor Law Unions
Macclesfield

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

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain