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|Famous for its sandstone hills and the large plain, Cheshire was an agricultural area famous for milk and cheese production. Salt mines were started in 1682, other local industries being the leather trade and charcoal production.
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Chester is famous for its Roman ruins as well as its Tudor heritage seen in its black and white timbered buildings. Attractions in Chester include a city wall which is nearly complete, the River Dee and the Zoo.
  
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The footballer Joe Mercer was born in Ellesmere Port.
  
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'''Cheshire'''
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|The county has undergone numerous changes over the years. A summary of these can be found [[Cheshire_Changes|here]].
  
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County town: Chester.
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'''County town:''' Chester  
  
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Other major towns: Historically Birkenhead, Wallasey, Stockport. In later years Macclesfield, Crew and Warrington
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'''Other major towns:''' Historically Birkenhead, Wallasey, Stockport. In later years Macclesfield, Crewe and Warrington
  
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Famous for its sandstone hills and the large plain, Cheshire was an agricultural area famous for milk and cheese production. Salt mines were started in 1682, other local industries being the leather trade and charcoal production.
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Cheshire | Cheshire Places of Worship]]'''
  
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Chester is famous for its Roman ruins as well as its Tudor heritage seen in its black and white timbered buildings. Attractions in Chester include a city wall which is nearly complete, the River Dee and the Zoo.
 
  
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The footballer Joe Mercer was born in Ellesmere Port.
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| [[Image: EnglandCheshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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==Resources==
  
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'''Primary Reference'''
  
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The county has undergone numerous changes over the years.
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*[http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/recoff/home.htm '''Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies''']
  
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A summary of these can be found [[Cheshire Changes|here]].
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*[http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/Library/ Cheshire Libraries]
  
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*[http://www.fhsc.org.uk/ Family History Society of Cheshire]
  
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For full details about certificate applications visit the Cheshire County Link of UKBMD here - [http://www.cheshirebmd.org.uk/ Cheshire Births Marriages & Deaths]
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*[http://www.ncfhs.org.uk/ North Cheshire Family History Society]
  
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==Register Offices==
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersac.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
  
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=====Cheshire Central Register Office=====
 
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Delamere House<br>
 
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Chester Street<br>
 
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Crewe<br>
 
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Cheshire<br>
 
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CW1 2LL<br>
 
  
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=====Cheshire East Register Office=====
 
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Park Green<br>
 
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Macclesfield<br>
 
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Cheshire<br>
 
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SK11 6TW<br>
 
  
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=====Cheshire West Register Office=====
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'''Countywide Interest'''
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Goss Street<br>
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Chester<br>
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*[http://members.tripod.com/~AlanCheshire/index-36.html A Century of Cheshire Brewers]
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Cheshire<br>
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CH1 2BG<br>
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*[http://www.relativeresearch.co.uk/ Relative Research]
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*[http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb/ Cheshire Parish Register Project]
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*[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/guides/record_society/record_society.htm Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/mar1elene/1873returns.html Return of Owners of Land, Cheshire 1873]
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*[http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/Recordoffice/Wills/Home.htm Cheshire County Council - Wills Database Online]
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=====Flintshire Register Office=====
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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Llwynegrin Hall<br>
 
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Mold<br>
 
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CH7 6NR<br>
 
  
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=====Runcorn Register Office=====
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*[http://www.alderleyedge.manchester.museum/ The Story of Alderley Edge]
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Halton Register Office<br>
 
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Heath Road<br>
 
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Runcorn<br>
 
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Cheshire<br>
 
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WA7 5TN<br>
 
  
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=====Stockport Register Office=====
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*[http://althistsoc.users.btopenworld.com/ Altrincham History Society]
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Town Hall<br>
 
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Stockport<BR>
 
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Cheshire<br>
 
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SK1 3XE<br>
 
  
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=====Tameside Register Office=====
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*[http://www.saltyweb.co.uk/saltyweb/history.php5 SaltyWeb - Altrincham]
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Town Hall<br>
 
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King Street<br>
 
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Dukinfield<br>
 
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Cheshire<br>
 
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SK16 4LA<br>
 
  
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=====Trafford Register Office=====
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*[http://www.audlem.org/ Audlem]
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Town Hall<br>
 
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Sale Waterside<br>
 
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Sale<br>
 
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Cheshire<br>
 
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M33 7ZF<br>
 
  
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=====Warrington Register Office=====
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*[http://stmarysbirkenhead.blogspot.com/ Birkenhead - St Mary's Church and the Priory]
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Museum Street<br>
 
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Warrington<br>
 
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Cheshire<br>
 
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WA1 1JX<br>
 
  
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=====Wirral Register Office=====
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*[http://www.cheadlehulme.net/village/chlinks.htm Cheadle Hulme]
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Town Hall<br>
 
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Mortimer Street<br>
 
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Birkenhead<br>
 
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CH41 5EU<br>
 
  
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=====Wrexham Register Office=====
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*[http://www.chesterwalls.info/ Chester: A Virtual Stroll Around the Walls]
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Ty Dewi Sant<br>
 
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Rhosddu Road<br>
 
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Wrexham<br>
 
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LL11 1NF<br>
 
  
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==Record Office Requests==
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*[http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/RecordOffice/Freemen/home.htm Freemen of Chester Records Online, 1747- 1925]
  
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/recordoffice/Overleigh/Search.htm Overleigh Cemetery (Chester) Search]
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.roffe.co.uk/charters.htm Congleton Borough Charters]
  
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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Congleton/Congleton.shtml Congleton Workhouse]
  
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.scfhs.org.uk/ Family History Society of Cheshire, Crewe Group]
  
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.disley.net/index.htm Disley, Lyme Handley, Taxal & Whaley]
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://oldhyde.blogspot.com/ Old Hyde]
  
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*[http://www.the-dicksons.org/Kelsall/kelsall/Kelsall%20Home%20Page.htm Kelsall 19th Century Social History]
  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.geocities.com/brigaban/ Hostelries, Ale and Public Houses in Northwich: 17th-20th Centuries]
  
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*Burton: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=482 Teresa]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/index Northwich Local Genealogy and History]
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*Chester Diocesan churches within city the city itself: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1038 OurEm]
 
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*Puddington: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=482 Teresa]
 
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*Wirral churches and villages: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=482 Teresa]
 
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*Wirral churches and villages:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=289 Lovettpod]
 
  
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*[http://www.lionsaltworkstrust.co.uk/ The Lion Salt Works Trust, Northwich]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/mar1elene/ The Salt Industry and its Legacy for Northwich and its Surrounding Countryside]
  
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== Links==
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*[http://www.odd-rode.org.uk/ Odd Rode & Astbury Parish]
  
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*[http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/recoff  '''County Record Office''']
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*[http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-quarrybankmillandstyalestate Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate]
  
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*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/cheshire.html Library Links]
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*[http://www.saughall.gov.uk/History.htm History of Saughall and Shotwick Park]
  
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*[http://www.cheshirebmd.org.uk/ Cheshire BMD]
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*[http://www.dialsquare.fsnet.co.uk/Methodist.htm Stockport -Methodist Baptisms]  
  
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*[http://tamesidefamilyhistory.co.uk/ Tameside Family History]
  
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*[http://www.traffordwardead.co.uk/index.php Trafford War Dead]
  
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'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.geocities.com/brigaban/weavmarr.html Weaverham Marriages]
  
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/cheshire.html Local History Society Gateway]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/brigaban/weavwlls.html Weaverham Wills 1599-1837]
  
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*[http://www.disley.net/whaley_bridge_home.html Whaley Bridge] (formerly Yeardsley cum Whaley)
  
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'''OPC'''
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*[http://www.wheelockgenealogy.org/index.html Wheelock Genealogy]
  
  
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'''Archives'''
 
  
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*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/cheshire/index.html Cheshire Genealogy Links]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyCheshire.htm#PageTitle IGI Cheshire]
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*[http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/tithemaps/ Cheshire's Tithe Maps Online]  
  
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*[http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/familydeeds/cheshdocs.html An index of selected Cheshire Deeds and Documents]  
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*[http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/index.html A Scrapbook of Cheshire Antiquities - Photographs and Commentaries on Historic Sites in Cheshire]
  
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*[http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/Recordoffice/Wills/Home.htm Cheshire County Council - Wills Database Online Home]
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*[http://www.carlscam.com/ Carl's Cam - Photos of Cheshire]  
  
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*[http://www.relativeresearch.co.uk/ Some Wills and Parish Records]
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*[http://www.moston.org/churches.html Cheshire Churches]
  
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*[http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb/ Cheshire Parish Register Project]
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*[http://www.chesterimagebank.com/ Chester Image Bank]
  
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*[http://jdcheshire.rootschat.net/index.html JDGen - Parish register transcriptions for various surnames and lots of will transcriptions]
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*[http://oldukphotos.com/cheshire.htm Old Photos of Cheshire]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/mar1elene/1873returns.html Return of Owners of Land, Cheshire 1873]
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==Register Office==
  
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*[http://www.wirral-libraries.net/archives/ Wirral Archives]
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*[http://www.cheshirebmd.org.uk/ Cheshire Births, Marriages & Deaths]
  
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'''Cheshire Central Register Office'''
  
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Delamere House<br>
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Chester Street<br>
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Crewe<br>
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Cheshire<br>
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CW1 2LL<br>
  
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'''Family and Social History'''
 
  
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*[http://www.fhsc.org.uk/ Family History Society of Cheshire]
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'''Cheshire East Register Office'''
  
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*[http://www.ncfhs.org.uk/ North Cheshire FHS]
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Park Green<br>
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Macclesfield<br>
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Cheshire<br>
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SK11 6TW<br>
  
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/ches/cheshire_workhouses.htm Cheshire Workhouses]
 
  
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*[http://www.lionsaltworkstrust.co.uk/ The Lion Salt Works Trust]
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'''Cheshire West Register Office'''
  
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*[http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/RecordOffice/Freemen/home.htm Index to the Rolls and Registers of Freemen of the City of Chester] - covers the period 1747 to 1925
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Goss Street<br>
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Chester<br>
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Cheshire<br>
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CH1 2BG<br>
  
  
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'''Flintshire Register Office'''
  
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Llwynegrin Hall<br>
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Mold<br>
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CH7 6NR<br>
  
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'''Maps & Photographs'''
 
  
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*[http://www.picturecheshire.co.uk/ Picture Cheshire]
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'''Runcorn Register Office'''
  
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*[http://bwpics.co.uk Welcome to the B&W Picture Place]
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Halton Register Office<br>
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Heath Road<br>
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Runcorn<br>
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Cheshire<br>
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WA7 5TN<br>
  
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*[http://oldukphotos.com/cheshire.htm Old Photos of Cheshire]
 
  
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*[http://www.carlscam.com/ Carl's Cam - Photos of Cheshire]
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'''Stockport Register Office'''
  
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*[http://www.moston.org/ Moston-Cheshire Family History-Pictures of Cheshire Churches]
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Town Hall<br>
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Stockport<BR>
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Cheshire<br>
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SK1 3XE<br>
  
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*[http://www.chesterimagebank.com/ Chester Image Bank]
 
  
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*[http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/shotwick.html Photographs and History of Shotwick]
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'''Tameside Register Office'''
  
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Town Hall<br>
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King Street<br>
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Dukinfield<br>
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Cheshire<br>
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SK16 4LA<br>
  
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'''Countywide interest'''
 
  
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*[http://www.memorial-inscriptions.org.uk/index.htm Cheshire, Staffs & Shropshire memorial inscriptions]
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'''Trafford Register Office'''
  
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*[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/guides/record_society/record_society.htm The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire]
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Town Hall<br>
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Sale Waterside<br>
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Sale<br>
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Cheshire<br>
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M33 7ZF<br>
  
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*[http://www.cheshirepast.net The Victoria History of Cheshire]
 
  
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*[http://members.tripod.com/~AlanCheshire/index-36.html A Century of Cheshire Brewers]
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'''Warrington Register Office'''
  
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*[http://www.carlscam.com/index.html War Memorials]
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Museum Street<br>
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Warrington<br>
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Cheshire<br>
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WA1 1JX<br>
  
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*[http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/ Scrapbook of Antiguities]
 
  
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'''Wirral Register Office'''
  
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'''Specific Town Village interest'''
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Town Hall<br>
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Mortimer Street<br>
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Birkenhead<br>
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CH41 5EU<br>
  
  
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*[http://www.saltyweb.co.uk/saltyweb/history.php5 SaltyWeb - Altrincham]
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'''Wrexham Register Office'''
  
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*[http://members.aol.com/John1hartley/html/index.htm Cheadle & Gatley war memorials]
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Ty Dewi Sant<br>
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Rhosddu Road<br>
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Wrexham<br>
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LL11 1NF<br>
  
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*[http://www.bwpics.co.uk/chester.walls.index.html Chester-photographs and History]
 
  
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*[http://www.disley.net/index.htm Disley, Lyme Handley, Taxal & Whaley]
 
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/sbarnowl/index Great Budworth, Kingsley St John, Norley St John and Davenham]
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
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*[http://www.the-dicksons.org/sitemap.htm Kelsall]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
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*[http://users.domaindlx.com/Magicmark/MidCem/Book_12D2list.asp  Middlewich Cemetery]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/index Penny's Northwich Pages]
 
  
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*[http://www.odd-rode.org.uk/ Odd Rode and surrounding townships Under the original Astbury Parish umbrella, on the Cheshire/Staffordshire border]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/brigaban/ Northwich publicans]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/mar1elene/ The Salt Industry and its Legacy] Northwich and the surrounding area + links
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
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*[http://www.members.aol.com/gayjoliver/FamilyHistoryLinks.htm A mine of information for the Tameside Area]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
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*[http://www.scfhs.org.uk/ Family History Society of Cheshire, Crewe Group]
 
  
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*[http://www.saughall.gov.uk/ General Information about Saughall]
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*Wirral churches and villages [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=289 Lovettpod]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/brigaban/weavmarr.html Weaverham Marriages (at least one partner from Weaverham parish or, marriage took place at Weaverham]
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==Photo Offers==
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/brigaban/weavwlls.html Weaverham Wills 1599-1837]
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Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
  
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*[http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/recordoffice/Overleigh/Search.htm Overleigh Cemetery Search]
 
  
  
  
  
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Latest revision as of 07:48, 16 May 2023

Famous for its sandstone hills and the large plain, Cheshire was an agricultural area famous for milk and cheese production. Salt mines were started in 1682, other local industries being the leather trade and charcoal production.

Chester is famous for its Roman ruins as well as its Tudor heritage seen in its black and white timbered buildings. Attractions in Chester include a city wall which is nearly complete, the River Dee and the Zoo.

The footballer Joe Mercer was born in Ellesmere Port.

The county has undergone numerous changes over the years. A summary of these can be found here.

County town: Chester

Other major towns: Historically Birkenhead, Wallasey, Stockport. In later years Macclesfield, Crewe and Warrington

Cheshire Places of Worship


Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest


Specific Town and Village Interest


Maps and Photographs

Register Office

Cheshire Central Register Office

Delamere House
Chester Street
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 2LL


Cheshire East Register Office

Park Green
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK11 6TW


Cheshire West Register Office

Goss Street
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 2BG


Flintshire Register Office

Llwynegrin Hall
Mold
CH7 6NR


Runcorn Register Office

Halton Register Office
Heath Road
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 5TN


Stockport Register Office

Town Hall
Stockport
Cheshire
SK1 3XE


Tameside Register Office

Town Hall
King Street
Dukinfield
Cheshire
SK16 4LA


Trafford Register Office

Town Hall
Sale Waterside
Sale
Cheshire
M33 7ZF


Warrington Register Office

Museum Street
Warrington
Cheshire
WA1 1JX


Wirral Register Office

Town Hall
Mortimer Street
Birkenhead
CH41 5EU


Wrexham Register Office

Ty Dewi Sant
Rhosddu Road
Wrexham
LL11 1NF


Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Cemetery Lookup Contacts

Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.



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