St Mary the Virgin, Lymm, Church of England

The church has/had a graveyard.

It was founded in 1568.

Church History

An ancient parish church, serving the township of Lymm. 

The district was affected by the following boundary changes: 

• 1881 December 23 — reduced when part of the township of Lymm was transferred to Oughtrington: St. Peter. 

 

Church Records

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

Original Registers	C 1568-1962 ; M 1568-1951 ; B 1568-1949 — Cheshire Archives (P 119) C from 1962 ; M from 1951 ; B from 1949 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1568-1920 ; M 1568-1905 ; B 1568-1909 — Cheshire Archives C 1568-1890 ; M 1568-1905 ; B 1568-1909 — Family History Society of Cheshire ; Manchester Archives & Local Studies ; Warrington Library
Bishop's Transcripts	1600, 1610, 1613, 1617-18, 1621-25, 1627-33, 1636-41, 1658-60, 1663,1665-66, 1668-76, 1680-82, 1684-85, 1690-1703, 1706-39, 1741-50,1752-1880 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Archives (microfilmed) 1836-1880 (microfilmed) — Family History Society of Cheshire
Copies and Indexes	CMB 1568-1871 — Cheshire Parish Register Project M 1568-1812 — published in: Cheshire Parish Registers: Marriages, vol. 1 (Phillimore, 1909) M 1568-1837 — North & East Cheshire Marriage Index - may be viewable at subscription sites such as ancestry or findmypast M 1568-1837 (incomplete) — Bertram Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire (1750-1836) M 1651-75, 1701-50, 1776-1812 — Boyd's Marriage Index - may be viewable on subscription sites such as ancestry and findmypast M 1837-1933 — Cheshire BMD (WA:C13) B 1568-1872 — National Burial Index
Monumental Inscriptions	Transcript by the British Mission Genealogical Board, 1947 (edited by W. J. McEntire) — Cheshire Archives Published by the Family History Society of Cheshire (compiled by Lymm Local History Society), 1990 (partial)

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