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Holy Trinity, Rainow, Church of England
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Holy Trinity,
Rainow Road,
Rainow
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It was founded in 1846.
Church History
An ancient chapelry in the parish of Prestbury: St. Peter, serving part of the township of Rainow, which became a district church in 1863. The boundaries of "The District Chapelry of Trinity, Rainow" were published in the London Gazette on 28 July 1863:
"All that part of the parish of Prestbury, in the county of Chester, and in the diocese of Chester, which is comprised within and is co-extensive with that portion of the township of Rainow, which constitutes, the ancient chapelry of Rainow."
On 1 July 1921 the district was amalgamated with that of Rainow: Holy Trinity to form the combined district of "Rainow with Saltersford".
The district was affected by the following boundary changes:
- 1973 October 24 — extended when the civil parish of Macclesfield Forest was transferred from Forest Chapel: St. Stephen, to form the combined district of "Rainow with Saltersford and Forest".
Church Records
C = Christenings (Baptisms) ; M = Marriages ; B = Burials ; BTs = Bishop's Transcripts
| Original Registers | C 1765-1992 ; M 1846-1941 ; B 1815-1959 — Cheshire Archives (P 188) C from 1992 ; M from 1941 ; B from 1959 — Church |
| Microfilm Copies | C 1765-1992 ; M 1846-1941 ; B 1815-1959 — Cheshire Archives C 1765-1992 ; M 1846-1941 ; B 1815-1895 — Family History Society of Cheshire C 1765-1840 ; M 1846-1941 ; B 1815-1895 — Manchester Archives & Local Studies ; Macclesfield Library |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1765-87, 1793-1840, 1846-94 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Archives ; Family History Society of Cheshire |
| Copies and Indexes | C 1786-1793 (transcript) — Cheshire Archives C 1765-1840 — North Cheshire Family History Society M 1846-2007 — Cheshire BMD (CE:1076) B 1815-1959 — National Burial Index B 1815-1959 — published by North Cheshire Family History Society |
| Monumental Inscriptions | Published by North Cheshire Family History Society (edited by D. H. Way), 1983 |
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