Great Budworth, Cheshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
BUDWORTH (Great), is a township in Runcorn district, and a parish in Runcorn, Northwich, and Altrincham districts, Cheshire. The township lies on the Grand Trunk canal, near the river Weaver, and near the Northwich, Knutsford, and Altrincham railway, it is 2½ miles N of Northwich; and has a post office under Northwich. The parish contains also the townships of Seven Oaks, Antrobus , Crowley , Whitley-Superior , Whitley-Inferior , Bartington , Stretton , Appleton , Dutton , Aston-by-Budworth , Peover-Inferior , Tabley-Inferior , Plumbley , Pickmere , Little-Leigh , Barnton , Hartford , Winnington , Comberbach , Marbury , Marston , Wincham , Northwich , Castle-Northwich , Lostock-Gralam , Nether-Peover , Allostock, Hulse , Birches , Anderton , and Lach-Dennis , and the chapelry of Witton-cum-Twambrooks. The chapelries of Antrobus, Barnton, Hartford, Little Leigh, Lostock, Lower Peover, Stretton, Tabley, Lower Whitley, Wilderspool, Witton, and Northwich, are separate benefices.

Great Budworth, St. Mary and All Saints (C of E). A large ancient parish, originally serving the townships of Allostock, Anderton, Antrobus, Appleton, Aston by Budworth, Barnton, Bartington, Birches, Castle Northwich, Cogshall, Comberbach, Crowley, Dutton (part), Great Budworth, Hartford (part), Hulse, Lach Dennis, Little Leigh, Lostock Gralam, Marbury (near Northwich), Marston, Nether Peover, Northwich, Peover Inferior, Pickmere, Plumley, Rudheath (part), Seven Oaks, Stretton (near Runcorn), Tabley Inferior, Whitley Inferior, Whitley Superior, Wincham, Winnington and Witton cum Twambrooks

Lower Peover, St. Oswald (C of E) formed an ancient chapelry in Great Budworth parish.

Church records
Great Budworth parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

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

Records are also available at the Cheshire Archives and Local Studies.

Non-Conformist Churches
Great Budworth, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Cheshire Record Office DocumentReference EMS 176 LITTLE BUDWORTH CHAPEL Date 1888-1924 Description Trustees' records book The chapel was built by the Wesleyan Methodists in 1888 Extent 1 vol Their website is here.

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

 * Runcorn (1837–1974)
 * Vale Royal (1974–98)
 * Cheshire Central (1998–2009)
 * Cheshire West (post 2009)

Poor Law Unions

 * Runcorn Poor Law Union, Cheshire
 * part Northwich 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
Great Budworth on GENUKI