Warmingham, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire  Warmingham

Parish History
Warmingham, St leonard's is an Ancient Parish in Cheshire and includes Elton, Tetton and Moston.

The tower dates from 1715. The rest of the church was timber framed, then rebuilt in stone in 1870 by R. C. Hussey.The original windows in the tower were replaced by windows in Gothic style in 1899.

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) The post 2009 reorganisation of civil registration can be found 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 for Warmingham, Cheshire, 1538-1909 Cheshire Record Office call number: P211/1/1-3, P211/2, P211/3/13, P211/4.

An index for Cheshire parish registers is available online in Record Search

Bishop's transcripts for Warmingham, [157-?]-1881 Records are not in strict chronological order. Some intermittent years are missing. Cheshire Record Office number: ECC/210

An index for Cheshire, Church of England, Bishop’s transcripts is available online in Record Search

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

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
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.