Burleydam, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire  Burley Dam

Parish History
Burley Dam St Mary's and St Michaels was originally a chapelry in Wrenbury ancient parish and included Dodcott cum Wilkesley and Newhall (near Audlem).

The church was built in 1769 at the expense of the Cotton family of Combermere Abbey. This church was cruciform in shape and in 1886 two further transepts, a chancel, a new west wall, a northwestern porch and a bellcote were added. The church was noted by Dr Johnson on his visit to Combermere in 1774.

In the church is a monument to Viscount Combermere who died in 1855.

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

 * Nantwich (1837–1937)
 * Crewe (1937–74)
 * Congleton and Crewe (1974–88)
 * South Cheshire (1988–98)
 * Cheshire Central (post 1998)

Church Records
Parish registers for Burley Dam, 1770-1958 Here is a list of church records on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

An index for Cheshire parish registers is available online in Record Search

Bishop's transcripts for Burley Dam, 1869-1922 Cheshire Record Office reference: EDB 39

An index for Cheshire, Church of England, Bishop’s Transcripts (Diocese of Chester) is available online in Record Search

Non-Conformist Churches
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Non-Conformist Records:

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Census records
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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

 * Nantwich

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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