Links to external websites containing Cheshire parish records and registers available online, including Births/Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths/Burials.
The Diocese of Chester parish registers collection contains over 6 million records for the whole county pre-1974, which includes Wirral, parts of Stockport, Trafford and Tameside.
- Baptisms 1538-1911
- Bishop’s Transcripts Baptisms 1576-1906
- Marriages 1538-1910
- Bishop’s Transcripts Marriages 1576-1906
- Burials 1538-1911
- Bishop’s Transcripts Burials 1576-1906
The Cheshire Non-Conformist Registers include Roman Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, Quakers, Presbyterians and Congregationalists. There are around 190,000 records included.
The following are where you’ll find free access to Cheshire parish records. Many of them are contained in online books which you can search, browse and download.
- Cheshire Parish Register Project
The Cheshire Parish Register Project lets you search the Cheshire Parish Register database (CPRdb) for specific surnames in the baptism, marriage, or burial records. There are currently 27 parishes in the database. - Cheshire Parish Registers 1538-2000
- Cheshire – Bishop’s Transcripts 1598-1900
- Alderly Marriages 1629-1837
- Bosley Marriages 1729-1750
- Capesthorne Marriages 1722-1747
- Chelford Marriages 1674-1752
- Christleton Marriages 1697-1812
- Disley Marriages 1591-1738
- Disley St. Mary`s Church Registers
- Disley Strays
- Gawsworth Marriages 1557-1812
- Lymm Marriages 1568-1812
- Marple Marriages 1656-1754
- Marton Marriages 1563-1759
- Poynton Marriages 1723-1753
- Pott Shrigley Marriages 1685-1751
- Prestbury Marriages 1637-1731
- Prestbury Marriages 1732-1770
- Prestbury Marriages 1771-1789
- Siddington Marriages 1722-1783
- Stockport St. Mary Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1584-1620
- Taxal Marriages 1611-1812
- Taxal St. James Church Records
- Taxal Marriages 1813-1837
- Upton in Overchurch Parish Registers 1600-1812
- Whaley Bridge Methodist Church Baptisms 1894 – 1905
- Whaley Bridge Methodist Church Marriages 11 Nov 1869 to 2 Mar 1914
- Whaley Bridge Wesleyan Register of Births and Baptisms
See more Cheshire genealogy resources