Whitegate, Cheshire Genealogy

Whitegate, St. Mary (C of E). An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Darnhall and parts of Marton (near Winsford), Over and Weaverham cum Milton. Registers of Baptisms 1565–1932, Marriages 1565–1942 and Burials 1565–1951 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office

The divided ancient parish of Whitegate lay in central Cheshire. Its northern section comprised the township of Marton, and parts of the townships of Over, and of Weaverham cum Milton. There were detached bits of Whitegate in the parishes of Weaverham and of Over, and detached bits of Over in the township of Marton. The southern section of the parish of Whitegate comprised the township of Darnall. The contiguous ancient parishes were, clockwise from the north, Weaverham, Great Budworth, Davenham, Middlewich, Church Minshull, Over, and Little Budworth. The extra-parochial area of Delamere Forest lay to the west of the northern section of Whitegate. In our period to 1871, the new parish of Over St John the Evangelist was created in part from Whitegate (Youngs, below) in 1863. Pevsner and Hubbard (below) date the church building to 1860-1863. The registers start in 1863. The population of Whitegate ancient parish can be estimated by the number of households in ecclesiastical ‘censuses’ of 1563 (26 households or families), and in 1778 (120 houses). The population of the ancient parish in 1801 was 628 people excluding Over and Weaverham cum Milton, and 1,721 in 1871, of whom 883 lived in Over and Weaverham cum Milton townships.

Parish Registers
Parish registers for Whitegate, Cheshire, 1565-1951 Microfilm of original records in the Cheshire Record Office, Chester, England. Cheshire Record Office no.: P52/1-4, P52/8/1-2. Early registers (baptisms, marriages to 1752, burials), 1565-1812. Baptisms, 1813-1883. Marriages, 1754-1837. Burials, 1813-1845. Burials in woollen, 1678-1729. FHL BRITISH Film 2106822 Items 2 - 9 Baptisms, 1883-1932; Marriages, 1838-1929. FHL BRITISH Film 1736872 Marriages, 1929-1942. Burials, 1845-1951. FHL BRITISH Film 1736873 Items 1 - 2

Bishop's transcripts Whitegate, 1600-1912 Microfilm of original records in the Cheshire Record Office, Chester, England.Records are not in strict chronological order. Some intermittent years are missing.Cheshire Record Office no.: ECC/219 Bishop's transcripts Whitegate, 1600-1912 Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1600-1601, 1604, 1607-1609, 1611, 1614-1615, [1616?], 1618, [2 pages, no dates], 1620, [no date], 1623-1626, [2 pages, no dates], 1630-1631, 1633-1641, 1659-1665, [no date], 1670, 1672-1673, 1671, 1674-1677, 1679-1709, 1711-1713. FHL BRITISH Film 1736166 Item 3 Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1713-1836, baptisms, 1837-1838, marriages, burials, 1837, burials, 1838, baptisms, burials, 1839-1847, 1849-1853, 1892, burials,1893-1895, baptisms, 1894, baptisms, burials, 1895-1898, 1900, 1879, 1901-1905, baptisms, 1904, baptisms, burials, 1906-1910, 1912, 1911. FHL BRITISH Film 1736167 Item 1

Complete Transcripts of the parish can be found online as part of the Cheshire Parish Register project