Church Lawton, Cheshire Genealogy

History
Church Lawton, All Saints is an Ancient Parish in Cheshire.

The church was founded around the end of the 11th century, probably by Hugh de Mara, Lord of Lawton.There is a tradition that in the 8th century the body of St Werburgh rested overnight on the site of the church while it was being carried from Lincolnshire to Chester. In 1652 the church was struck by lightning and 11 people in the church were killed. The body of the church was destroyed by fire in 1798 and rebuilt by 1803. Following the fire of 1798 the body of the church was rebuilt in brick in neoclassical style. The cost of this was around £8,000. A south porch was added in 1923.

Church Records
Parish registers for Church-Lawton, 1559-1966 Cheshire Record Office call number: P109/4501/1-2, P109/4795/1-2,10-12.

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

Bishop's transcripts for Church-Lawton, 1596-1879 Early text in Latin. Cheshire Record Office call number: EDB 66.

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Non-Conformist Churches
Hall Green, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1874.

Poor Law Unions

 * Congleton

Registration Districts

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

Registration events may be searched online at Cheshire BMD