Mobberley, Cheshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
MOBBERLEY, is a village and a parish in Altrincham district, Cheshire. The village stands on a branch of the river Bollin, near the Northwich and Altrincham railway, it is 3½ miles ENE of Knutsford; and has a station on the railway and a post office under Knutsford. There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans.

Mobberley St Wilfrid is an Ancient Parish in Cheshire.

When the church was undergoing restoration in 1888 remains of a Saxon church were found. The earliest written evidence of a church on the site is in 1206 when Patrick de Mobberley founded an Augustinian priory. The church has a long association with the Mallory family.

Ashley, St. Elizabeth became the parish church for the northern part of Mobberley from 1881.

Church records
Mobberley St Wilfrid parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups:

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 Mobberley, 1578-1995 Cheshire Record Office call numbers: P34/1/1-2, P34/2/1-3, P34/6122/1-4, 12; P34/3/1-5, P34/4/1-3.

An index for Cheshire parish registers is available online in FamilySearch Historical Records (formerly Record Search)

Bishop's transcripts for Mobberley; includes All Saint Chapel, Micklehurst, 1599-1898

Includes some entries for All Saints Chapel of Ease, Micklehurst. Micklehurst is in the parish of Mottram-in-Longdendale. Cheshire Record Office call number: EDB/148

An index for Cheshire, Church of England, Bishop’s Transcripts is available online in Family Search Historical records ( formerly Record Search)

Mobberley- St Wilfrid Banns Transcript-1880-1931- MFPR 337 Baptisms-1578-1898- MFPR 557 Baptisms Transcript-1578-1795- MFPR 337 Baptisms Transcript-1795-1959- MFPR 338 Burials-1578-1678- MFPR 557 Burials-1678-1838- MFPR 558 Burials Transcript-1578-1703- MFPR 337 Burials Transcript-1703-1905- MFPR 338 Marriages-1578-1920- MFPR 557 Marriages-1920-1933- MFPR 558 Marriages Transcript-1578-1754- MFPR 337 Marriages Transcript-1754-1949- MFPR 338

For original records apply to Cheshire Record Office

The Manchester Room and Greater Manchester County Record Office Email: archiveslocalstudies@manchester.gov.uk The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

Non-Conformist Churches
Email: archiveslocalstudies@manchester.gov.uk The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies) Email: archiveslocalstudies@manchester.gov.uk The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)
 * 1600s-1910 Cheshire Non-Conformist & Roman Catholic Registers (Baptism) 17th Century-1910 at FindMyPast ($); index and images (dates may vary by parish)
 * 1671-1900 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)
 * Mobberley, Friends' Meeting House (Quakers). Burial registers 1655–1742 are at the Cheshire Record Office. Mobberley- Quakers Burials Transcript-1679-1753- MFPR 337 The Manchester Room and Greater Manchester County Record Office
 * Mobberley, Methodist Church (Wesleyan), Faulkner Lane. Founded 1836, Built in 1882.
 * Knolls Green, United Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational), Pepper Street. Built in 1783 as a Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), taken over by Independents in 1803, closed in 1961. *Mobberley- Knolls (also spelt Knowles) Green Independent Baptisms-1806-1837- MFPR 294. The Manchester Room and Greater Manchester County Record Office
 * Mobberley, United Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational), Pepper Street.

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

 * Altrincham (1837–98)
 * Bucklow (1898–1974)
 * Macclesfield (1974–98)
 * Cheshire East (post 1998)

Poor Law Unions

 * Altrincham (1836–95)
 * Bucklow (1895–1930)
 * Altrincham (renamed Bucklow) Poor Law Union, Cheshire

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

Websites
Mobberley on GENUKI