St Mary the Virgin, Partington, Church of England

The church has/had a graveyard.

It was founded in 1884.

Manchester Road.

Church History

Built in 1884 as the district church for Partington (previously in the chapelry of Carrington: St. George and the parish of Bowdon: St. Mary). The boundaries of "The District Chapel of Saint Mary, Partington" were described in the London Gazette on 10 March 1885:

"All that part of the parish of Bowdon in the county of Chester and in the diocese of Chester which forms part of the chapelry or conventional cure of Saint George Carrington, and which is co-extensive with the limits of the township of Partington."

Church Records

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

Original Registers	C 1874-1994 — Cheshire Archives (P 272). C from 1994 ; M from 1885 ; B from 1890 — Church
Bishop's Transcripts	1891-1910 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Archives
Monumental Inscriptions	Published by the Family History Society of Cheshire (edited by G. Normansell), 1998 (partial)

It is located at SJ7182391568 (Lat/Lon 53.420152, -2.425442). You can see this on maps provided by:

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