Disley, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire  Disley



Parish History
Disley St Mary was created from a former chapelry of Stockport St Mary, Cheshire Ancient Parish. Disley became a parish in 1558.

The original church was built between 1527 and 1558 and was intended to be as a chantry chapel for the fifth Sir Piers Legh of Lyme but he died before it was completed.

The present building was rebuilt between 1824 and 1835 retaining only the tower and nave ceiling from the older church.

DISTLEY, a chapelry, in the parish of Stockport, union of Hayfield, hundred of Macclesfield, N. division of the county of Chester, 6¾ miles (S. E.) from Stockport; containing 2191 inhabitants. A family which took its name from the place, held lands here at an early period as foresters of Macclesfield. The manor has been for many generations in the Leghs, of Lyme. The township comprises 2372a. 3r. 11p., of a clayey soil, with moss; it lies on the road from Stockport to Buxton, and is crossed by the Peak-Forest canal. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £117; patron, Thomas Legh, Esq. The chapel, dedicated to All Saints, and rebuilt in 1558, in the later English style, has an embattled tower, and contains windows of stained glass, exhibiting several portraits and armorial bearings. A school is endowed with £15 per annum and a house.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 58-60. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50921 Date accessed: 04 April 2011.

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

 * Hayfield (1837–1937)
 * North East Cheshire (1937–74)
 * Macclesfield (1974–98)
 * Cheshire East (post1998)

Church records
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.

Parish registers for St. Mary's Church, Disley, 1591-1958 Filmed by the Manchester Public Library, 1974 Original held at Manchester Central Library.

Bishop's transcripts for Disley, 1604-1857 Disley is in the parish of Stockport. Cheshire Record Office number: EDB 77.

Non-Conformist Churches

 * Disley, Baptist Union Chapel, Buxton Road. Built in 1893.
 * Disley, Methodist Chapel, Burton Road (Wesleyan). Founded 1805, rebuilt in 1906. Registers of baptisms 1875–1907 and 1927–1932 are at Manchester Central Library.
 * Furness Vale, Methodist Chapel (Primitive). ReBuilt in 1884.

Non-Conformist Records:

Church registers of St. George's Road Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (New Mills, Derbyshire), 1840-1972 original at the Derbyshire Record Office at Matlock, Derbyshire, England.

New Mills is a village and chapelry in Glossop parish, near the border with Cheshire. This Methodist Chapel also served Disley, a neighbouring village and chapelry in Stockport (Cheshire), Parish. Derbyshire Record Office call number: D 4309/1/1-3, D 3567/1/1-6.

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
Hayfield Poor Law Union, Derbyshire

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

Web sites
Use these indexes and transcriptions of records for Disley.