Tattenhall, Cheshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
TATTENHALL (St. Alban), is a parish, in the union of Great Boughton, Lower division of the hundred of Broxton, South division of the county of Chester; containing, with the townships of Golborne-Bellow and Newton, it is 5¾ miles (S. W. by W.) from Tarporley. The township is intersected by the Chester and Crewe railway. Besides the church, there are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans.

Tattenhall St Alban's is an Ancient Parish in Cheshire and includes Golborne [Golborne] Bellow and Newton by Tattenhall.

It is thought that a church may have existed on this site at the time of the Norman conquest. The tower and parts of the present church date from the early 16th century. The church was restored and largely remodelled in 1869–1870 by John Douglas.

The settlement of Tatenale was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name is believed to be derived from the Old English personal name Tata and halh, meaning "a meadow". The spelling of the village has altered over the centuries: Tatenhala (1280), Tattenhall (1289), Tatnall (1473), Tottenhall (1553) and Tettenhall (1649).

Tattenhall is a village and civil parish, 8 miles south-east of Chester, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Cheshire ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Cheshire ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
 * Tattenhall, United Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational). Built in 1796. Registers of baptisms 1798–1853 and baptisms, marriages and burials 1955–1962 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
 * Tattenhall, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Founded in 18th century, closed in 1937.
 * Tattenhall, Methodist Chapel (Primitive). Built in 1809, rebuilt in 1898, closed in 1979. Registers 1926–1979 are at the Cheshire Record Office.

Non-Conformist Records:


 * 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)

Church records, 1798-1935 Tattenhall Congregational Church (Independent)

Record contains baptisms, 1928-1935, marriages, 1929-1934, death, 1930, baptisms, 1798-1851, 1798-1820. Cheshire Record Office Reference: EUC 3151/58/1-2

Cheshire Record Office Reference EMS 341/6192 Tattenhall Primitive Methodist Chapel records Date 1904-1957 Papers relating to trustees, including list of trustees, 1956

Cheshire Record Office Reference EMS 262 Tattenhall Primitive Methodist Chapel Date 1926-1979 Register of marriages History The chapel was built in 1898 on the site of an earlier one built in 1809, and closed in 1979.

Cheshire [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/7cd1c958-6770-4c64-96fc-34986595dc6b Record Office Reference EMS 306 Tattenhall Lanes Wesleyan Chapel Date 1863-1955. ]Administrative and financial records. A chapel was built before 1800. A new building was erected in 1863. This was closed in 1937 and subsequently sold. Extent 7 files

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

 * Great Boughton (1837–69)
 * Chester (1870–1937)
 * West Cheshire (1937–74)
 * Chester and Ellesmere Port (1974–98)
 * Cheshire West (post 1998)

Poor Law Unions

 * Great Boughton (1837–71)
 * Tarvin (1871–1930) Tarvin (previously Great Boughton) 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Tattenhall on GENUKI