West Kirby, Cheshire Genealogy

Parish Records
Cheshire_Parish_Register_project have online search transcripts for the parish

West Kirby, St. Bridget (C of E), Church Road. An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Caldy, Frankby, Grange, Greasby (part), Great Meols, Hoose, Little Meols, Newton cum Larton and West Kirby. Registers of Baptisms 1561–1964, Marriages 1561–1968 and Burials 1561–1970 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for West Kirby, Cheshire, 1561-1964 Church of England. Parish Church of West Kirby (Cheshire) Microreproduction of originals at the Cheshire Record Office in Chester, England. Cheshire Record Office call no.: P46/1/1-4, P46/2/1-3, P46/3/1-5, P46/2651/1-2, P46/5, P46/7.Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1561-1619, 1692-1729. Baptisms and burials, 1759-1812. Baptisms, 1813-1964. Marriages, 1754-1861. FHL BRITISH Film 2106685 Items 2 - 11 Marriages, 1861 (from Aug.)-1959. Burials, 1813-1886. Marriage licenses, 1871, 1933-1949. FHL BRITISH Film 2106690 Items 1 - 7

Bishop's transcripts for West Kirby, 1581-1897 Microfilm of original records in the Cheshire Record Office, Chester, England. Records are not in strict chronological order. Some intermittent years are missing. Cheshire Record Office no.: ECC/213 Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1581, 1603-1604, 1610, 1615, 1617-1631, 1636, 1666-1667, 1669, 1671-1686, 1690-1691, 1698-1704, [17--?], 1707, 1706, 1708-1739, [no date], 1743-1770, 1780-1781, 1779, 1778, 1777, 1776, 1775, 1774, 1773, 1772, 1771, 1781-1790, 1792-1796, 1798, 1797, 1799-1800, 1791, 1810, 1809, 1807-1808, 1806, 1805, 1804, 1803, 1802, 1801, 1811-1820, baptisms, 1821-1822, marriages, 1821-1822, burials, 1821-1822, baptisms, marriages, burials, 1823-1833, 1835-1836, baptisms, burials, 1838, baptisms, marriages, burials, 1837, baptisms, burials, 1892, baptisms, 1896-1897, burials,1896-1897, baptisms, 1893-1894, burials, 1893-1894. FHL BRITISH Film 1736166 Item 2

St. Andrew (C of E), Meols Drive. Founded 1891 as a chapel to St Bridget, becoming a parish church in 1920. Registers of Baptisms from 1915 and Marriages from 1914 are held at the church.

Non-Conformist Records

 * West Kirby, St. Agnes, Darmands Green (Roman Catholic). Founded 1897
 * West Kirby, Methodist Chapel (Primitive), Eaton Road. Built in 1880, closed in 1963.
 * West Kirby, Presbyterian Church, Meols Drive. Founded 1890.
 * West Kirby, Presbyterian Church (Welsh), Grange Road. Founded 1892.
 * West Kirby, Unitarian (Free) Chapel. Built in 1910 in Grange Road, rebuilt in 1928 in Brookfield Gardens. Registers of marriages 1938–1950 and baptisms 1950–1953 are at the Cheshire Record Office.