St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Eastham, Church of England

The church has/had a graveyard.

It was founded in 1598.

Church History

An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Childer Thornton, Eastham, Great Sutton, Hooton, Little Sutton, Netherpool, Overpool, and part of the township of Whitby.

The district was affected by the following boundary changes:

• 1862 June 10 — reduced when the townships of Childer Thornton, Hooton, and Little Sutton, were transferred to Hooton: St. Paul.
• 1871 March 28 — reduced when the townships of Netherpool and Overpool, and the constituent part of the township of Whitby, were transferred to Ellesmere Port: Christ Church.
• 1880 March 5 — reduced when the township of Great Sutton was transferred to Great Sutton: St. John the Evangelist.
• 1968 June 7 — alteration to the boundary with Bromborough: St. Barnabas (details not available).

Church Records

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

Original Registers	C 1598-1973 ; M 1598-2006 ; B 1598-1954 — Cheshire Archives (P 195) C from 1973 ; M from 2006 ; B from 1954 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1598-1951 ; M 1598-1951 ; B 1598-1954 — Cheshire Archives C 1598-1866 ; M 1598-1838 ; B 1598-1884 — Manchester Archives & Local Studies ; Birkenhead Central Library ; Family History Society of Cheshire ; Ellesmere Port Library
Bishop's Transcripts	1600, 1602-04, 1606-10, 1615, 1617-19, 1621-24, 1626-27, 1630-32, 1634, 1636, 1638-39, 1641, 1663-64, 1668-77, 1679-85, 1690-91, 1694-1736,1741-46, 1749-61, 1764-92, 1794-1830, 1832-70 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Archives
Copies and Indexes	CMB 1598-1700 — published in: The Parish Registers of Eastham Cheshire, edited by F. Sanders (London, 1891) CMB 1598-1690 (transcript) — Liverpool Central Library M 1605-1837 (incomplete) — Bertram Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire (1750-1836) M 1837-1935 — Cheshire BMD (WR:BK60)
Notes	CMB 1602-1610, 1728-1766 — registers incomplete M 1734-1754 ; B 1617-1655 — omitted from registers

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