Weaverham, Cheshire Genealogy

History
Weaverham St Mary is an Ancient Parish and included Milton, Onston, Sandiway, Wallerscoat, Wallerscote, Weaverham Lordship, Acton, Crowton, Cuddington, and Gorstage.

A church was present on the site at the time of the Norman conquest. Edward I gave the advowson of the vicarage to Vale Royal Abbey. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, this was given by Henry VIII to the Bishop of Chester. The west tower dates from the middle of the 15th century and the rest of the church from the 16th century. Restorations were carried out in 1855 by Anthony Salvin and in 1877 by John Douglas when the porch and vestry were added.

Church Records
Parish registers for Weaverham, 1576-1925 Cheshire Record Office call number: P35/5228/1-17

Bishop's transcripts for Weaverham, 1579-1925 Records are not in strict chronological order. Some intermittent years are missing. Cheshire Record Office Call number: ECC/212

Non-Conformist Churches
Acton Bridge, Methodist Chapel, Forest Road (Wesleyan). Built ca.1834, rebuilt in 1878.

Non-Conformist Records
Chester Record Office call number EMS 310 Collection Acton (Weaverham) Methodist Chapel 1898-1972  The chapel was built by the Wesleyan Methodists in Forest Road in 1878 next to an earlier chapel erected in c.1834. The first chapel was used by the Sunday School until new premises were built adjoining the new chapel in 1903.

Poor Law Unions

 * Northwich

Registration Districts

 * Northwich (1837–1967)
 * Cheshire West

Registration events can be searched online at Cheshire BMD