St Michael, Wincle, Church of England

The church has/had a graveyard.

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It was founded in 1803.

Church History

Founded in 1725 as a chapel to Prestbury: St. Peter, becoming the district church for the township of Wincle in 1869. The boundaries of "The District Chapelry of Wincle" were described in the London Gazette on 10 August 1869: 

"All those portions of the said parish of Prestbury, which are comprised within, and are co-extensive with, the limits of the township and parochial chapelry of Wincle." 

The district was affected by the following boundary changes: 

• 1973 October 24 — extended when the civil parish of Wildboarclough (including the chapel of Wildboarclough: St. Saviour) was transferred from Forest Chapel: St. Stephen, to form the combined district of "Wincle and Wildboarclough". 

 

Church Records

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

Original Registers	C 1803-1875 ; B 1803-1925 — Cheshire Archives (P 33) C from 1875 ; M from 1871 ; B from 1925 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1803-1875 ; B 1803-1925 — Cheshire Archives ; Family History Society of Cheshire ; Manchester Archives & Local Studies ;, Macclesfield Library
Bishop's Transcripts	1813-24, 1826-72 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Archives ; Family History Society of Cheshire
Copies and Indexes	C 1803-1875 — North Cheshire Family History Society M 1871-1991 — Cheshire BMD (CE:1098) B 1803-1925 — National Burial Index B 1803-1925 — published by North Cheshire Family History Society
Monumental Inscriptions	Published by Macclesfield Ferrets/Graveyard Press, 1996

It is located at SJ9586866065 (Lat/Lon 53.191659, -2.063293). You can see this on maps provided by:

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