Cheshire Churches : Thornton-le-Moors, St. Mary

THORNTON-LE-MOORS: St. Mary (Church of England)

An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Dunham on the Hill, Elton, Hapsford, Thornton-le-Moors and Wimbolds Trafford.

The district was affected by the following boundary changes:

1888 February 10 — reduced when the townships of Dunham on the Hill and Hapsford were transferred to Dunham on the Hill: St. Luke.

On 27 October 1971 the parish was abolished and its area transferred to Ellesmere Port: Christ Church.

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

Original Registers	C 1574–1998 ; M 1575–1999 ; B 1574–1898 — Cheshire Record Office (P 163) C from 1998 ; M from 1999 ; B from 1898 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1574–1901 ; M 1575–1837 ; B 1574–1898 — Cheshire Record Office ; Family History Society of Cheshire ; Manchester Archives & Local Studies ; Ellesmere Port Library
Bishop's Transcripts	1588, 1601, 1611, 1614–17, 1623, 1625, 1627–35, 1637, 1639–41, 1663, 1666, 1668–77, 1679–82, 1684, 1689–91, 1694–1701, 1703–61, 1763–1889 (microfilmed) ; 1890–91 — Cheshire Record Office
Copies and Indexes	M 1574–1753 ; B 1641–1666 (transcripts) — Cheshire Record Office M 1701–1837 (incomplete) — Bertram Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire M 1790–1837 — North & East Cheshire Marriage Index M 1837–1958 — Cheshire BMD (CW:CE46)