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St Mary and All Saints, Great Budworth, Church of England

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St Mary and All Saints,
High Street,
Great Budworth

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Cemeteries

The church has/had a graveyard.

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Church History

It was founded in 1558.

Church History

An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Anderton, Antrobus, Appleton, Aston by Budworth, Barnton, Bartington, Cogshall, Comberbach, Crowley, Great Budworth, Higher Whitley, Little Leigh, Lower Whitley, Marbury, Marston, Nether Tabley, Pickmere, Seven Oaks, Stretton, Wincham, and part of the township of Dutton. It also included the ancient parochial chapelries of Lower Peover: St. Oswald and Witton: St. Helen.

The district was affected by the following boundary changes:

  • 1834 July 15 — reduced when the townships of Little Leigh and Bartington, and the constituent part of the township of Dutton were transferred to Little Leigh: St. Michael & All Angels.
  • 1834 July 15 — reduced when the townships of Higher Whitley and Lower Whitley were transferred to Lower Whitley: St. Luke.
  • 1834 July 15 — reduced when the townships of Stretton and Appleton were transferred to Stretton: St. Matthew.
  • 1843 — reduced when the townships of Barnton and Anderton were transferred to Barnton: Christ Church.
  • 1844 — reduced when the township of Wincham was transferred to Lostock Gralam: St. John the Evangelist
  • 1848 — reduced when the townships of Antrobus and Seven Oaks were transferred to Antrobus: St. Mark
  • 1875 March 19 — reduced when most of the township of Marston was transferred to Marston: St. Paul.
  • 1965 August 3 — extended to include the abolished district of Marston: St. Paul.
  • 1968 November 22 — (details not available)
  • 1973 June 20 — (details not available)

 

Church Records

C = Christenings (Baptisms) ; M = Marriages ; B = Burials ; BTs = Bishop's Transcripts

Original RegistersC 1558-1984 ; M 1558-1989 ; B 1558-1892 — Cheshire Archives (P 41)
C from 1984 ; M from 1989 ; B from 1892 — Church
Microfilm CopiesC 1558-1923 ; M 1558-1956 ; B 1558-1892 — Cheshire Archives
C 1558-1872 ; M 1558-1912 ; B 1558-1892 — Manchester Archives & Local Studies ; Family History Society of Cheshire ; Northwich Library
Bishop's Transcripts1605-07, 1612-14, 1616-23, 1625, 1627-28, 1630-31, 1634, 1637-41, 1658-62, 1665-67, 1669-71, 1673, 1675-76, 1677(?), 1678-85, 1690-1738, 1741-1838,1840-44, 1870-1907 (microfilmed) ; 1901-07 — Cheshire Archives
Copies and IndexesM 1673-1837 (incomplete)  — Bertram Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire (1750-1836)
M 1754-1837 — North & East Cheshire Marriage Index - may be viewable at subscription sites such as ancestry or findmypast
M 1837-1974 — Cheshire BMD (CW:126)
B 1624-1734 — National Burial Index
Monumental InscriptionsPublished by North Cheshire Family History Society, 1975 (2 vols.)
NotesC 1734-1786 ; B 1734-1812 — damaged by fire in 1964 ; parts illegible
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