National Burial Index (North Cheshire FHS)

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Transcription and conventions used

The transcription consists of 290,667 entries covering the Northern part of the County of Cheshire. Most of the information has been contributed by the North Cheshire Family History Society, but 701 records have been contributed by the Hargrave & Huxley Historical Group and a further 2,920 records for Elworth have come from James Watson.

The index includes the following fields - there may be more information in the original record:-

  • Forenames.
  • Surname (in CAPITALS).
  • Date (separate fields for day, month and year)
  • Age at death (inf indicates an infant, generally under one year of age).
  • Place - sometimes called the 'parish'.
  • Description - usually the dedication of the church - but it may be the address of a non-conformist register or a cemetery.
  • Denomination - the denomination when the records were registered - not always a valid assumption.
  • County - Chapman code relating to place.
  • Quality - a measure of reliability of the data. 100 indicates the data has been checked, and 80 shows that it has still to be checked.

Note: where there is parish such as 'Anytown St Martin' (where the St Martin appears to be part of the placename) we also enter the Description (dedication) as 'St Martin'.

Coverage

The following table shows the spread of the entries across the centuries:

CenturyNumber
1500-992802
1600-9923312
1700-9945380
1800-99184930
1900-9934229

The following places or parishes are included in this database. Note that there may be more than one church, chapel or burial ground in each place.

County of Cheshire

PlaceNo. of entriesYear range
ALDERLEY73931600-1942
ASHTON UPON MERSEY62811731-1890
BOWDON401841628-1999
BRAMHALL3351894-1988
CHEADLE36211871-1982
CHEADLE EDGELEY62691817-1959
CHEADLE HULME19291864-1999
CHELFORD17941674-1894
CONGLETON1001834-1853
ELWORTH [NR SANDBACH]29201846-1998
GATLEY12661787-1976
GAWSWORTH73801557-1997
GREAT BUDWORTH1101690-1819
HARGRAVE7011700-1995
HAZEL GROVE6381828-1910
HYDE97461786-1980
MACCLESFIELD751789-1836
MACCLESFIELD FOREST7471732-1977
MARPLE114821655-1947
MOTTRAM IN LONGDENDALE138551802-1988
NANTWICH2021776-1837
NORBURY [HAZEL GROVE]142781834-1977
POTT SHRIGLEY21661685-1956
RAINOW21981815-1997
ROMILEY47961755-1901
SALTERSFORD6021783-1996
STALYBRIDGE223371839-1967
STOCKPORT975931584-1974
TAXAL68191610-1894
WARMINGHAM12461813-1877
WERNETH [COMPSTALL]8001841-1887
WILMSLOW195861558-1999
WINCLE16381803-1925
WRENBURY32011813-1918
Total (34)2942881557-1999

Checking

100 of the entries are still to be checked.

Grouping

There are no record groups in this database.

Abbreviations and Codes

The Chapman County codes have been used. The code for Cheshire is 'CHS'.

Contact details

For more information about the North Cheshire Family History Society please see the web site www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CHS/NorthChesFHS

How to buy

The second edition of the National Burial Index with 13.2 million burials and a flexible search program is available in a package of four CD-ROMS from many family history societies and GENfair, the online bookshop of the Federation of Family History Societies (Publications) Ltd.

The North Cheshire FHS can provide burial transcripts (other than officiating ministers) and full monumental inscriptions in fiche format amongst many other publications.

Copyright and disclaimer

© Trustees of the North Cheshire Family History Society, the Hargrave & Huxley Historical Group and James Watson.

While every care has been taken in the preparation of the index users are advised to view the originals of the appropriate registers (or facsimiles thereof, e.g. microfilm) and to form their own interpretation. Neither the North Cheshire Family History Society nor any of the other copyright holders accept any liability for any errors or omissions that remain (although they would welcome notification of alternative interpretations of the registers.)

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