Hoole, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire  Cheshire ParishesHoole

Guide to Hoole, Cheshire family history and genealogy: parish registers (baptism, christening, marriage, and burial records), civil registration (birth, marriage, and death records), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and websites.

Church Records
Hoole Parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have online indexes by the following groups:

Here is a list of parish registers on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Parish registers for Hoole, 1868-1963 Cheshire Record Office call no.: P161/1/1-5, P161/2/1-4, P161/5099/1-2, 5-8.

Bishop's transcripts for Hoole, 1868-1906 Cheshire Record Office no.: EDB 112

Non-Conformist Churches
Not Known

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

 * Great Boughton (1837-69)
 * Chester (1870-1937)
 * West Cheshire (1937-54)

Poor Law Unions

 * Great Boughton (1837-71)
 * Chester (1871-1930)

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
See a gazetteer description of Adlington at Vision of Britain.