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This parish was partly in Flintshire, Wales. See also, Threapwood, Flintshire, Wales.

Parish History

Threapwood was an extra-parochial place, partly in Broxton Hundred (Cheshire) and partly in Maelor Hundred (Flintshire), which became a civil parish in 1866. It included the hamlets of Sarn (part) and Upper Threapwood.

It is necessary to search the neighbouring ecclesiastical parish of Malpas. Threapwood is an extra-parochial place. Search surrounding parishes for records and information.

In 1817 the chapelry of St John the Baptist was created from the ancient parish of Malpas.

In 1896 the part of Threapwood in Flintshire was added to Cheshire, Hundred: Broxton; Province: York.

Resources

Civil Registration

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

• Wrexham (1837–96)
• Whitchurch (1897–1937)
• West Cheshire (1937–74)
• Chester and Ellesmere Port (1974–98)
• Cheshire West (post 1998)

The post 2009 reorganisation of civil registration can be found on-line at Cheshire BMD

Church records

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Threapwood, St. John (C. of E). Founded 1817 as a chapel to Malpas (formerly extra-parochial), becoming the parish church for Threapwood in 1968. Registers of Baptisms 1817–1944, Marriages 1837–1966 and Burials 1829–1989 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office. Bishop's transcripts for Threapwood, 1817-1840

Cheshire, Church of England Baptismal records are available online at FamilySearch Historical Records.
Microfilm of originals in the Cheshire Record Office, Chester.Cheshire Record Office: EDB 200

Parish registers for Threapwood, 1817-1989 Microfilm of original records in the Cheshire Record Office, Chester, England.
(Threapwood was originally a chapelry bordering Cheshire and Flint in the Parish of Malpas).Cheshire Record Office no.: P203/1/1-2, P203/4622/22, 24.

Non-Conformist Churches

Threapwood, United Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational). Built in 1850. United Reformed Church Cheshire Congregational Union Deeds and property records are deposited Cheshire Record Office (DocumentReference ECU/3151/1/45).

Census records

The 1841 census returns for Threapwood are missing. Census records from 1841-1891 are available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library. The first film number is 104269. To view these census images online, they are available through the following websites for a fee ($) or free:

• FamilySearch has some of the British Censuses available.
• FindMyPast ($) has all available census records including images, and is free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and some public and academic libraries.
• Ancestry.co.uk ($) has now all available census records but free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and at numerous public and academic libraries. The library versions are known as AncestryInstitution.com.
• The Genealogist.co.uk ($) has all available censuses and is free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and various other libraries.
• FreeCen is a UK census searches. It is not complete and individuals are always asked to consider helping out with transcriptions.
  

Probate records

Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory) Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Cheshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish. See also England Cheshire Probate Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Poor Law Unions

• Wrexham 1837-1896

• Whitchurch Incorporation Poor Law Union, Shropshire 1896-1930

Maps and Gazetteers

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

• England Jurisdictions 1851
• Vision of Britain

Web sites

This section requires expansion with: any additional relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.

School Records

School registers, 1898-1945 Threapwood National School (Cheshire) Cheshire school records are available on-line at FamilySearch Historical Records within limits of privacy laws. Microfilm of original records in the Cheshire Record Office, Chester, England.
Record contains register of admission, progress, and withdrawal, 1898-1945 and includes index.
Cheshire Record Office no.: SL 141/2