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St Peter, Swettenham, Church of England

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St Peter,
Swettenham

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Cemeteries

The church has/had a graveyard.

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Church History

It was founded in 1570.

Sometimes known as "Swettenham: St. Swithin". 

Church History

An ancient parish church, serving the townships of Kermincham and Swettenham. 

The parish was affected by the following boundary change: 

  • 1880 June 4 — enlarged to include the township of Davenport transferred from Astbury: St. Mary. 

On 23 June 1971 the district was amalgamated with that of Brereton cum Smethwick: St. Oswald to form the combined district of "Brereton with Swettenham". 

Church Records

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

Original Registers C 1570-1890 ; M 1570-1835 ; B 1570-1881 — Cheshire Archives (P 139)
C from 1890 ; M from 1837 ; B from 1882 — Church
Microfilm Copies C 1570-1890 ; M 1570-1835 ; B 1570-1881 — Cheshire Archives ; Family History Society of Cheshire ; Manchester Archives & Local Studies ; Congleton Library
Bishop's Transcripts 1596, 1604, 1609, 1611, 1615, 1617-18, 1621, 1624, 1626, 1628-30, 1632-34, 1636, 1640-41, 1663-65, 1669-76, 1679-85, 1687-92, 1694-98, 1700-04,1707-16, 1718, 1720-21, 1724, 1726-30, 1732, 1735-1859 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Archives ; Family History Society of Cheshire
Copies and Indexes CB 1570-1812 (transcript) — Society of Genealogists' Library
M 1570-1835 (transcript) — Cheshire Archives ; Society of Genealogists' Library
M 1570-1837 — North & East Cheshire Marriage Index - may be viewable at subscription sites such as ancestry or findmypast
M 1723-1837 (incomplete) — Bertram Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire (1750-1836)
M 1813-1837 (transcript) — Cheshire Archives
M 1837-2003 — Cheshire BMD (CC:1086)
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