Cheshire Churches : Over, St. Chad

OVER: St. Chad (Church of England)

Swanlow Lane/Sandyhill Road

An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Low Oulton and Wettenhall, and parts of the townships of Marton and Over.

The district was affected by the following boundary changes:

1720 — reduced when the township of Wettenhall was transferred to Wettenhall: St. David.
1863 January 13 — reduced when part of the township of Over was transferred to Over: St. John the Evangelist.
1876 May 30 — enlarged when the township of Darnhall was transferred from Whitegate: St. Mary.

The district included the chapel of Winsford: Christ Church (1844–1974).

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

Original Registers	C 1558–1983 ; M 1558–1993 ; B 1558–1987 — Cheshire Record Office (P 146) C from 1983 ; M from 1993 ; B from 1987 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1558–1911 ; M 1558–1912 ; B 1558–1917 — Cheshire Record Office ; Family History Society of Cheshire ; Manchester Archives & Local Studies ; Winsford Library
Bishop's Transcripts	1588(?), 1600, 1607–09, 1610(?), 1613–15, 1617–20, 1623–30, 1633–37, 1641, 1658–66, 1668–76, 1679–85, 1687–89, 1696–1744, 1746–57, 1759–60, 1762, 1766–79, 1781–1876 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Record Office 1588(?), 1600, 1607–09, 1610(?), 1613–15, 1617–20, 1623–30, 1633–37, 1641, 1658–66, 1668–76, 1679–85, 1687–89, 1696–1744, 1746–57, 1759–60, 1762, 1766–79, 1781–1833 (microfilmed) — Family History Society of Cheshire
Copies and Indexes	C 1770–1812 (transcript/index) — Cheshire Record Office ; Society of Genealogists' Library ; Winsford Library M 1700–1837 — Bertram Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire M 1754–1837 — North & East Cheshire Marriage Index M 1837–1974 — Cheshire BMD (CW:141)
Monumental Inscriptions	Published by the Family History Society of Cheshire, 1977