Cheshire Family History Resources

Family History Resources

All the resources are transcriptions from the original films or photocopies of documents, but all transcriptions can contain errors, so please check the original source. If you find anything here that helps you with your research, then please let me know using one of the the links below. All dates are as the original (so old calendar where relevant).

Great Budworth Parish Register	Transcription of baptisms, burials and marriages, selected years and surnames only including: BARBER, YEARSLEY, MO(O)RE(S), BANKES, BARLOW, BECKETT, WHITLOW, STELFOX, PERCIVAL plus many others
Cheshire Wills Last updated 16/06/2007	Will Transcriptions, selected surnames only including: BANKES, BARBER, BARLOW, BECKETT, BIRCHALL, BLACKSHAW, GORST, HASPELL, LAWTON, LEWIS, MOORE, OWEN, PENNELL, SPRAGG, STELFOX, WILD, WITTER, WRIGHT, YOUD
Counterpart Lease Added 21/05/2006	Transcription of Counterpart Lease agreed between George WARREN, Baron de Tabley and James BARBER for Flittogate Farm dated 2^nd August 1844
Wistaston Parish Records	Transcription of baptisms, burials and marriages, selected years and surnames only including: PENNELL, BIRCHALL, PERRIN
Pews at Wistaston Church	Transcription of the pew allocations at Wistaston Church from the Wistaston Parish records, as at 22^nd July 1828
Runcorn 1841 Census Index	Transcription of the 1841 census index for Runcorn including Acton Grange, Aston Grange, Aston by Sutton, Daresbury, Hatton, Halton, Keckwick, Moore, Newton by Daresbury, Preston on the Hill, Norton, Stockham, Sutton, Thelwall, Walton Inferior, Walton Superior, and Weston (transcription courtesy of Anne Cole published with permission)
Frodsham Parish Register	Transcription of baptisms, burials and marriages, selected years and surnames only including: WITTER, BLACKSHAW, GERRARD, BANKES, MOORE, HIGNETT, GORST, OWEN, YOUD and others
Warburton Parish Register Updated 24/09/2006	Transcription of baptisms, burials and marriages, selected years and surnames only including: BECKETT, LOWE
Wills and Other Documents	Transcriptions of wills, letters etc, London, Bristol and Oxfordshire, surnames including: POPLE, BROTHERTON, BAKER
PENNELL Photographs – Album 1 – Added 23/07/2007	Other names include BINGHAM, MACMULDROW, JEPSON, CARTER and some unknown If you can help to identify the unknown photographs please contact me on the links below.
PENNELL Photographs – Album 2 – Added 23/07/2007	Other names include WERBURTON, BARRATT, ECCLES, PROCTOR and some unknown If you can help to identify the unknown photographs please contact me on the links below.
GURNEY Mystery Album Added 24/07/2007	Mainly GURNEY and LORD family as far as we know – but there are many unidentified photographs here so please help and contact us if you can help with any of them.

My main Cheshire Surname Interests are:

BANKES (Weston nr Runcorn) – connected names, OWEN, BRAID, HIGNETT, HINDE

BARBER (Great Budworth/Tabley/Pickmere) – connected names, MOORE, EARL(E), PEARSON, BURGESS, LAWTON, BEECROFT, TAYLOR, HOLLAND

BARLOW (Antrobus/Lower Whitley/Grandsire's Green) – connected names, WHITLOW, KNOWLES, COPPOCK, PERCIVAL, PERKIN, STELFOX, ALLEN

BECKETT (Tarvin/Aston by Sutton/Warburton/Daresbury/Crowton) – connected names, YOUD, GRICE, FAIR, LLOYD, PAY, PLATT, TEDMAN

BIRCHALL (Wynbunbury/Nantwich/Willaston) – connected names, PENNELL, WOOD, MOSS, ASTBURY, TRICKETT, THORNHILL, HOLLINSHEAD, BOFFEY

BLACKSHAW (Mobberley, Lymm, Pickmere) – connected names, MOORE, DAVIES, BIRCH, POSTLES, CLARKE, SMITH,

BLEASE (Marston) – connected names, OWEN, DAVIDSON

DAVENPORT (Newton nr Hyde, 1840's onward, previously Bolton) – connected names, SCHOLES, WILD, CADMAN, HIGGINBOTTOM, WHARAM, EAVES, GODDARD

MOORE (Great Budworth/Aston by Budworth/Pickmere) – connected names, YEARSLEY, DARBYSHIRE, MORETON, LEA, GERRARD, PROUDMAN, VOST

OWEN (Frodsham/Netherton/Pickmere) – connected names, MOORE, GORST, LEWIS, FRYER, BRANDRETH, GRANGE, LITTON, GIBSON, SPINK, JONES

PENNELL (Wistaston/Liverpool/Bostock) – connected names, BIRCHALL, BARRATT, LATHAM, EATON, GLEAVE

PERRIN (Wistaston) – connected names, PENNELL, DONE, JOYNSON, DAVIES, POT

QUINN (Ireland/Manchester/Oldham) – Connected names, SCOTT, GURNEY, LORD

SPRAGG (Somerford Booths) – connected names, PENNELL, PALFREYMAN, ROYLE, MYOTT, BROSTER, BOWER, ALLCOCK

SUTCLIFFE(Newton nr Hyde/Dukinfield 1840's onwards, previously Accrington) – connected names, HIGGINBOTTOM, KIRK, COTTRILL, BROWN, ROBERTS

WITTER (Goostrey) – SPRAGG

YOUD (Frodsham/Runcorn) – connected names, BECKETT, GRICE, RUTTER, DARLINGTON, BARBER, PERKIN

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