St Peter, Leighton (near Nantwich), Church of England

The church has/had a graveyard.

It was founded in 1840.

Church History

Founded in 1840 as the district church for the townships of Leighton and Minshull Vernon (previously served by Nantwich: St. Mary and Middlewich: St. Michael & All Angels). 

The district was affected by the following boundary alterations: 

• 1951 August 10 — reduced when an area was transferred to Crewe: St. Barnabas. 

 

Church Records

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

Original Registers	C 1840-1991 ; M 1861-1983 ; B 1840-1991 — Cheshire Archives (P 11) C from 1991 ; M from 1984 ; B from 1991 — Church
Bishop's Transcripts	1840-1843, 1851, 1882 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Archives
Copies and Indexes	M 1861-1973 — Cheshire BMD (CC:1050)
Monumental Inscriptions	Published by South Cheshire Family History Society, 1997

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