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GAWSWORTH: St. James (Church of England)

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Church History

An ancient parish church, serving the township of Gawsworth, and parts of the townships of Henbury cum Pexall, Marton (near Congleton) and North Rode.

Boundary Changes

The district was affected by the following boundary changes:

Church Records

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

Original Registers C 1557–1999 ; M 1557–2008 ; B 1557–1993 — Cheshire Record Office (P 193)
C from 1999 ; M from 2008 ; B from 1993 — Church
Microfilm Copies C 1557–1885 ; M 1557–1958 ; B 1557–1993 — Cheshire Record Office
M 1837–1958 ; B 1813–1860 — Macclesfield Library
Bishop's Transcripts 1586, 1590, 1600, 1623–24, 1630–31, 1635–41, 1662, 1664–65, 1667–69,1671–72, 1675–85, 1687, 1691–1833, 1835–39, 1841–42, 1851, 1867–68 (microfilmed)  — Cheshire Record Office
Copies and Indexes CMB 1557–1837 — published in: The Registers of the Parish Church of Gawsworth in the County of Chester, edited by R. Dickinson (Ancient Monuments Society, 1955)
C 1557–1885 ; B 1557–1997 — published by North Cheshire Family History Society
M 1557–1812 — published in: Cheshire Parish Registers: Marriages, vol. 1 (Phillimore, 1909)
M 1557–1837 — North & East Cheshire Marriage Index
M 1557–1837 (incomplete) — Bertram Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire
M 1837–2008 — Cheshire BMD (CE:1040)
B 1557–1997 — National Burial Index
Monumental Inscriptions Published by North Cheshire Family History Society, 1979 (partial)
Notes C 1667–1673 — omitted from registers

Explanatory Notes Index of Churches

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