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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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*[http://www.ncfhs.org.uk/ North Cheshire Family History Society]
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersac.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
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'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://members.tripod.com/~AlanCheshire/index-36.html A Century of Cheshire Brewers]
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*[http://www.relativeresearch.co.uk/ Relative Research]
  
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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.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb/ Cheshire Parish Register Project]
  
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==Register Offices==
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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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=====Cheshire Central Register Office=====
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*[http://www.geocities.com/mar1elene/1873returns.html Return of Owners of Land, Cheshire 1873]
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Delamere House<br>
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Chester Street<br>
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*[http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/Recordoffice/Wills/Home.htm Cheshire County Council - Wills Database Online]
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Crewe<br>
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Cheshire<br>
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CW1 2LL<br>
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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*[http://www.alderleyedge.manchester.museum/ The Story of Alderley Edge]
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*[http://althistsoc.users.btopenworld.com/ Altrincham History Society]
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*[http://www.saltyweb.co.uk/saltyweb/history.php5 SaltyWeb - Altrincham]
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*[http://www.audlem.org/ Audlem]
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*[http://stmarysbirkenhead.blogspot.com/ Birkenhead - St Mary's Church and the Priory]
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*[http://www.cheadlehulme.net/village/chlinks.htm Cheadle Hulme]
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*[http://www.chesterwalls.info/ Chester: A Virtual Stroll Around the Walls]
  
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=====Cheshire East Register Office=====
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*[http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/RecordOffice/Freemen/home.htm Freemen of Chester Records Online, 1747- 1925]
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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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*[http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/recordoffice/Overleigh/Search.htm Overleigh Cemetery (Chester) Search]
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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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*[http://www.roffe.co.uk/charters.htm Congleton Borough Charters]
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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.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Congleton/Congleton.shtml Congleton Workhouse]
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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://www.scfhs.org.uk/ Family History Society of Cheshire, Crewe Group]
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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.disley.net/index.htm Disley, Lyme Handley, Taxal & Whaley]
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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://oldhyde.blogspot.com/ Old Hyde]
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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://www.the-dicksons.org/Kelsall/kelsall/Kelsall%20Home%20Page.htm Kelsall 19th Century Social History]
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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.geocities.com/brigaban/ Hostelries, Ale and Public Houses in Northwich: 17th-20th Centuries]
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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.geocities.com/fountalnpen/index Northwich Local Genealogy and History]
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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.lionsaltworkstrust.co.uk/ The Lion Salt Works Trust, Northwich]
  
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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.geocities.com/mar1elene/ The Salt Industry and its Legacy for Northwich and its Surrounding Countryside]  
  
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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.odd-rode.org.uk/ Odd Rode & Astbury Parish]
  
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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-quarrybankmillandstyalestate Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate]
  
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.saughall.gov.uk/History.htm History of Saughall and Shotwick Park]
  
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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.dialsquare.fsnet.co.uk/Methodist.htm Stockport -Methodist Baptisms]  
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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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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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.geocities.com/brigaban/weavmarr.html Weaverham Marriages]
  
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*Burton: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=482 Teresa]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/brigaban/weavwlls.html Weaverham Wills 1599-1837]
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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.disley.net/whaley_bridge_home.html Whaley Bridge] (formerly Yeardsley cum Whaley)
  
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*[http://www.wheelockgenealogy.org/index.html Wheelock Genealogy]
  
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== Links==
 
  
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*[http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/recoff  County Record Office]
 
  
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*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/cheshire.html Library Links]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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*[http://www.cheshirebmd.org.uk/ Cheshire BMD]
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*[http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/tithemaps/ Cheshire's Tithe Maps Online]  
  
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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.carlscam.com/ Carl's Cam - Photos of Cheshire]
  
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'''Local history society'''
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*[http://www.moston.org/churches.html Cheshire Churches]
  
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/cheshire.html Local History Society Gateway]
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*[http://www.chesterimagebank.com/ Chester Image Bank]
  
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*[http://oldukphotos.com/cheshire.htm Old Photos of Cheshire]
  
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'''OPC'''
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==Register Office==
  
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*[http://www.cheshirebmd.org.uk/ Cheshire Births, Marriages & Deaths]
  
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'''Archives'''  
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'''Cheshire Central Register Office'''
  
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*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/cheshire/index.html Cheshire Genealogy Links]
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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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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyCheshire.htm#PageTitle IGI Cheshire]
 
  
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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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'''Cheshire East Register Office'''
  
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*[http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/Recordoffice/Wills/Home.htm Cheshire County Council - Wills Database Online Home]
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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.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb/ Cheshire Parish Register Project]
 
  
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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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'''Cheshire West Register Office'''
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/mar1elene/1873returns.html Return of Owners of Land, Cheshire 1873]
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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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*[http://www.wirral-libraries.net/archives/ Wirral Archives]
 
  
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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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'''Family and social history'''
 
  
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*[http://www.fhsc.org.uk/ Family History Society of Cheshire]
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'''Runcorn Register Office'''
  
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*[http://www.ncfhs.org.uk/ North Cheshire FHS]
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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://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/ches/cheshire_workhouses.htm Cheshire Workhouses]
 
  
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'''Stockport Register Office'''
  
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'''Maps & Photographs'''
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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.picturecheshire.co.uk/ Picture Cheshire]
 
  
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*[http://bwpics.co.uk Welcome to the B&W Picture Place]
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'''Tameside Register Office'''
  
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*[http://oldukphotos.com/cheshire.htm Old Photos of Cheshire]
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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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*[http://www.carlscam.com/ Carl's Cam - Photos of Cheshire]
 
  
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*[http://www.moston.org/ Moston-Cheshire Family History-Pictures of Cheshire Churches]
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'''Trafford Register Office'''
  
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*[http://www.chesterimagebank.com/ Chester Image Bank]
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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.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/shotwick.html Photographs and History of Shotwick]
 
  
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'''Warrington Register Office'''
  
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'''Countywide interest'''
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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.memorial-inscriptions.org.uk/index.htm Cheshire, Staffs & Shropshire memorial inscriptions]
 
  
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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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'''Wirral Register Office'''
  
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*[http://www.cheshirepast.net The Victoria History of Cheshire]
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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://members.tripod.com/~AlanCheshire/index-36.html A Century of Cheshire Brewers]
 
  
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*[http://www.carlscam.com/index.html War Memorials]
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'''Wrexham Register Office'''
  
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*[http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/ Scrapbook of Antiguities]
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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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'''Specific Town Village interest'''
 
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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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*[http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/index Penny's Northwich Pages]
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/brigaban/ Northwich publicans]
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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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*[http://users.domaindlx.com/Magicmark/MidCem/Book_12D2list.asp  Middlewich Cemetery]
 
  
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*[http://www.the-dicksons.org/sitemap.htm Kelsall]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/sbarnowl/index Barn Owl's Genealogy Pages - Great Budworth, Kingsley St John, Norley St John and Davenham]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
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*[http://www.members.aol.com/gayjoliver/FamilyHistoryLinks.htm A mine of information for the Tameside Area]  
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://members.aol.com/John1hartley/html/index.htm Cheadle & Gatley war memorials]
 
  
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*[http://www.scfhs.org.uk/ Family History Society of Cheshire, Crewe Group]
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*[http://www.disley.net/index.htm Disley, Lyme Handley, Taxal & Whaley]
 
  
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*[http://www.saltyweb.co.uk/saltyweb/history.php5 SaltyWeb - Altrincham]
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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.saughall.gov.uk/ General Information about Saughall]
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==Photo Offers==
  
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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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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.geocities.com/brigaban/weavwlls.html Weaverham Wills 1599-1837]
 
  
  
  
  
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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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