Cheshire Churches : Knutsford, St. John the Baptist

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KNUTSFORD: St. John the Baptist (Church of England)

Church Hill.

Church History

An ancient parish church (formerly dedicated to: St. Helena), originally serving the townships of Bexton, Knutsford Nether, Ollerton, Knutsford Over and Toft.

The district was affected by the following boundary changes:

1840 — reduced when the township of Ollerton was transferred to Marthall: All Saints.
1855 — reduced when the townships of Bexton and Toft, and part of the township of Knutsford Nether, were transfered to Toft: St. John the Evangelist.
1860 August 30 — reduced when the township of Knutsford Over and part of the township of Knutsford Nether were transferred to Knutsford: St. Cross.
1968 November 22 — (details not available)

Church Records

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

Original Registers	C 1582–1969 ; M 1582–1970 ; B 1582–1972 — Cheshire Record Office (P 7) C from 1969 ; M from 1970 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1582–1928 ; M 1582–1952 ; B 1582–1972 — Cheshire Record Office C 1582–1928 ; M 1582–1924 ; B 1582–1942 — Family History Society of Cheshire, Knutsford Library ; Wilmslow Library
Bishop's Transcripts	1581, 1608, 1610, 1617–18, 1620, 1622–25, 1627–30, 1633–34, 1640, 1662–63, 1665–68, 1670–77, 1679–85, 1687–89, 1691–96, 1698–1768, 1770–1815, 1825, 1827–67 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Record Office ; Family History Society of Cheshire
Copies and Indexes	M 1754–1837 — North & East Cheshire Marriage Index M 1620–1837(incomplete) — Bertram Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire M 1837–1993 — Cheshire BMD (CE:1049) B 1582–1752 — published by Cheshire Parish Register Project
Monumental Inscriptions	Published by North Cheshire Family History Society, 1975 Transcript by Family History Society of Cheshire (edited by J. Barnes) 1979 (partial) — Cheshire Record Office

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