Low Marple St Martin, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire  Low Marple St Martin

Parish History
Low Marple St Martin was created as an ecclesiatical parish from 1870 serving part of Marple.

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.

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. Martin's Church, Low Marple, 1870-1967 Cheshire Record Office reference P256

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

Here is a list of church records on microfilm at the Family History Library(FHL) in Salt Lake City.

Bishop's transcripts for St. Martin's Church, Low Marple, 1870-1892

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

Non-Conformist Churches

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images

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
Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.

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