Chester St Bridget, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire Cheshire Parishes  Chester St Bridget

Parish History
In 1870 - CHESTER, a city and two sub-districts in Great Boughton district, Cheshire; and a diocese in Cheshire and part of Lancashire. The city stands on the river Dee and on the Via Devana, 5 miles SE of the head of the Dee's estuary, and 16, through Birkenhead, SSE of Liverpool. The places of worship within the city, in 1851, were 15 of the Church of England; one of them being St. Bridget.

Chester, St. Bridget (C of E). An ancient parish serving part of the city centre, closed in 1973.

Church records
Chester St. Bridget parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups:

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.

Registers of Baptisms 1649–1972, Marriages 1649–1972 and Burials 1649–1896 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office.

Bishop's transcripts for St. Bridget's Church, Chester, St. Martin's Church, Chester, Some text in Latin. Includes St. Martin's Church after 1842. Cheshire Record Office refernce: EDB 53

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 a nd death indexes available:


 * FreeBMD
 * Cheshire BMD

Civil Registration Districts

 * Great Boughton

Poor Law Unions
Chester Poor Law Union

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain