Burton, Cheshire Genealogy

Guide to Burton, Cheshire family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Burton St Nicholas is an ancient parish and includes Puddington and Neston. Sometimes referred to as Burton (near Neston)

BURTON, is a township and a parish in Wirrall district, Cheshire. The township lies on the estuary of the Dee, it is 3¾ miles WSW of Sutton railway station, and 8 miles NW by W of Chester. The parish includes also the township of Puddington ; and its Post Town is Neston, under Chester. There is a Roman Catholic chapel.

Church Records
Burton St Nicholas parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups:

Burton, St. Nicholas (C of E). An ancient parish church serving the townships of Burton and Puddington. Registers of Baptisms 1538–1969, Marriages 1538–1997 and burials 1538–1993 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office,

Microfilm copy of originals at the Cheshire Record Office in Chester, England. Cheshire Record Office call no.: P54/1/1-3, P54/2/1, P54/3/1-2, P54/5043/1-2, P54/4, P54/5, P54/5744/1.

Notes on the parish of Burton in Wirral Authors Beazley, F. C. (Frank Charles), b. 1856 (Main Author)Notes Includes index Addenda includes some entries of births, marriages, burials extracted from the registers of Neston, and Shotwick in Cheshire  England. Also on microfilm. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974. on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Bishop's Transcripts for parish of Burton Microfilm of originals in the Cheshire Record Office, Chester.Cheshire Record Office: EDB 40

The parish has been transcribed and online entries can be found at Cheshire Parish Register project

Non-Conformist Churches
Church records of Puddington Hall Catholic Chapel, 1783-1892 Authors Catholic Church. Puddington Hall Chapel (Puddington, Cheshire)

Notes Microfilm copy of originals at the Cheshire Record Office in Chester, England. Cheshire Record Office call no.: ERC 6/5072/1-3.Mostly Latin.Puddington is a village and a township in Burton parish.

Baptisms and marriages, 1783-1858 (in Latin). Baptisms, 1859-1892. Marriages, 1880-1883. FHL BRITISH Film 2197775 Items 9 - 11

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from 1 July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. Here are two excellent Internet sites with birth, marriage and death indexes available:


 * FreeBMD
 * Cheshire BMD

Registration Districts

 * Wirral (1837–1974)
 * Chester and Ellesmere Port (1974–98)
 * Cheshire West (post 1998)

Poor Law Unions

 * Wirral

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.

see also England Cheshire Probate Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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