Wincle, Cheshire Genealogy

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



Parish History
WINCLE, is a chapelry, in the parish of Prestbury, union and hundred of Macclesfield, North division of the county of Chester, 5½ miles (S. E. by S.) from Macclesfield. The chapel was erected about 1642.

Wincle St Michael became a parish in 1725 a chapelry in the ancient parish of Prestbury, Cheshire.

Wincle’s parish church was built in 1647 on the site of a Neolithic burial mound, and heavily restored in 1882. According to Sir Philip Brocklehurst’s book on the area, it was once said that a certain hospital in Manchester procured the bulk of its anatomical subjects from Wincle church’s graveyard, thanks to an unscrupulous sexton who was bribed to dispatch the bodies the night after they were buried.

Church records
Wincle St Michael 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.

Prestbury, St. Peter (C of E). The ancient parish church for Wincle. Wincle, St. Michael (C of E). A chapelry to Prestbury, becoming the parish church for Wincle in 1869 Registers of Baptisms 1803–1875 and Burials 1803–1925 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office. Marriage registers from 1871 are held at the church Microfilm of originals at the Cheshire Record Office in Chester, England. Wincle is a township and a chapelry in Prestbury parish. Cheshire Record Office reference: P33/1-3.

Bishop's Transcripts Microfilm of originals in the Cheshire Record Office, Chester. Chapelry in Prestbury parish. Cheshire Record Office: EDB 222

Parish of St. Michael, Wincle, County of Cheshire, U.K. (Macclesfield Hundred), burials, 31 Aug. 1803 - 24 Nov. 1925 Author Taylor, David Microfiche of original published: [S.l.] : North Cheshire Family History Society, 1998. The chapelry of Wincle is also known as St. Michael's. Wincle is a chapelry in Prestbury parish. Record is in two parts, the first being in chronological order and the second in alphabetical order. Parish of St. Michael, Wincle, baptisms 1803-1875 North Cheshire Family History Society

Notes Added title page: An alphabetical list of baptisms 1803-1875 recorded in the parish registers of St. Michael Wincle, county of Cheshire, U.K.

Non-Conformist Churches
Allgreave, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1871.

Non-Conformist Records:

Records formerly held at Manchester Central Library Church Register list:

Baptisms-1732-1754- MFPR 443 Baptisms-1757-1757- MFPR 443 Baptisms-1759-1759- MFPR 443 Burials-1732-1754- MFPR 443 Burials-1757-1757- MFPR 443 Burials-1759-1759- MFPR 443 Marriages-1731-1732- MFPR 443

For original registers of above please enquire at Cheshire Record Office.

The Manchester Room and Greater Manchester County Record Office Email: archiveslocalstudies@manchester.gov.uk

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

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

 * Macclesfield (1837–1998)
 * Cheshire East (post 1998)

Poor Law Unions

 * Macclesfield 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