Chester St Paul, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire  Chester St Paul



Parish History
Chester, St. Paul, Boughton Lane. Founded 1838 as a chapel to St John the Baptist, becoming a parish church in 1846 covering parts of the city centre and Great Boughton. In 1879 the parish was extended to include Spital Boughton.

The parish became known as St Paul's Boughton.

The first church on the site was built in 1830 in stuccoed brick. Its style was Italianate with round-headed windows and a northwest campanile and the architect was William Cole the younger. It was virtually rebuilt in 1876 to a design by John Douglas, who added the south aisle in 1902 and the spire in 1905. In the series Buildings of England, Nikolaus Pevsner stated that he regarded it as "the boldest of Douglas' church designs".

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

 * Great Boughton (1837–69)
 * Chester (1870–1998)
 * Cheshire West (post1998) Registration evenys may be searched online at Cheshire BMD

Church records
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes

Parish registers for St. Paul's Church, Chester, 1838-1947

St. Paul's Church is located in Boughton district of Chester.Cheshire Record Office reference: P162/1/1-6, P162/2/1-4, P162/5964/1, 4.

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

Bishop's Transcripts Cheshire Record Office, Chester.Cheshire Record Office reference: EDB 60

Bishop's transcripts for St. Paul's Church, Chester, 1838-1867

An index for Cheshire, Church of England, bishop’s transcripts is available online at FamilySearch Historic Records

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

 * Chester Poor Law Union

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain