Swettenham, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire  Swettenham

Parish History
Swettenham St Peter is an Ancient Parish in Cheshire and includes Kermincham and Swettenham. The parish was extended in 1880 to include Davenport.

It is believed that a Norman church was replaced by a timber framed church was on the site. This was encased in brick in 1720 and the timber framework was lost partly at this time and partly during later restorations. In 1846 a restoration was carried out by J. M. Derrick in Romanesque style and a further restoration in 1865 was in Gothic Revival style. Another restoration took place in 1926.

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.

Registration Districts

 * Congleton (1837–1937)
 * Crewe (1937–74)
 * Congleton and Crewe (1974–88)
 * South Cheshire (1988–98)
 * Cheshire East (post 1998)

registration events may be searched online at Cheshire BMD

Church records
To find the names of the neighboring 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.

Parish registers of Swettenham, Cheshire, 1570-1890 Cheshire Record Office reference: P139/1/1-2, P139/2/1-2, P139/3/1-2, P139/4.

An index for Cheshire parish registers is available online at FamilySearch Historical Records(formerly Record Search) See also England_Cheshire_Church_of_England_Parish_Registers_and_Bishops’_Transcripts

Bishop's transcripts for Swettenham, 1596-1861 Records are not in strict chronological order. Some years are missing.

Cheshire Record Office reference EDB 192

An index for Cheshire, Church of England, Bishop’s Transcripts (Diocese of Chester) is available online in Record Search

Non-Conformist Churches
None

Census records
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Probate records
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.

Poor Law Unions

 * [Congleton http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Chester/Chester.shtml Congleton]

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
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