Cheshire Churches : Acton, St. Mary

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Cheshire Churches

ACTON: St. Mary (Church of England)

Monks Lane/Chester Road.

Church History

An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Acton, Aston-juxta-Mondrum, Austerson, Baddington, Brindley, Burland, Cholmondeston, Coole Pilate, Edleston, Faddiley, Henhull, Hurleston, Poole, Stoke and Worleston, and part of the township of Sound. It also included the ancient parochial chapelry of Wrenbury: St. Margaret.

The district was affected by the following boundary changes:

1873 January 17 — reduced when the townships of Worleston, Aston-juxta-Mondrum, Cholmondeston, and Poole were transferred to Worleston: St. Oswald.
1930 April 1 — extended to include seven detached areas of Baddiley: St. Michael within the civil parishes of Burland, Faddiley and Brindley, together with the north-eastern portion of the same parish (including Corner Farm, Baddiley Farm, Springelane Hall and Yewtree House).
1930 April 1 — extended to include two detached areas from Wrenbury: St. Margaret.
1930 April 1 — reduced when the civil parishes of Baddington, Austerson and Coole Pilate were transferred to Nantwich: St. Mary.

Church Records

C = Christenings (Baptisms) ; M = Marriages ; B = Burials ; BTs = Bishop's Transcripts

Original Registers	C 1653-1962, M 1653-1981, B 1653-1982 — Cheshire Record Office (P 331) C from 1962 ; M from 1981 ; B from 1982 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1653–1999 ; M 1653–1999 ; B 1653–1982 — Cheshire Record Office ; Nantwich Library C 1653–1859 ; M 1653–1858 ; B 1653–1882 — Manchester Archives & Local Studies ; Family History Society of Cheshire
Bishop's Transcripts	1586, 1589, 1593, 1599–1600, 1605, 1609, 1611–14, 1617–18, 1620–24, 1626, 1628, 1630–33, 1636–37, 1639, 1663–69, 1671–82, 1684–1827, 1829–86 — Cheshire Record Office 1875–1886 (microfilmed) — Family History Society of Cheshire
Copies and Indexes	C 1653–1812 ; M 1654–1754 ; B 1653–1751 (transcript, 3 vols.) — Cheshire Record Office ; Society of Genealogists' Library ; Nantwich Library M 1652–1837 — North & East Cheshire Marriage Index M 1617–1837 (incomplete) — Bertram Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire M 1837–1974 — Cheshire BMD (CC:1001)
Monumental Inscriptions	Published by the Family History Society of Cheshire

Explanatory Notes

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