BUNBURY: St. Boniface (Church of England)
Church History
An ancient parish, originally serving the townships of Alpraham, Beeston, Bunbury, Burwardsley, Calveley, Haughton, Peckforton, Ridley, Spurstow, Tilstone Fearnall, Tiverton and Wardle. It included Calveley: Chapel.
The district was affected by the following boundary changes:
- 1767 — reduced when the township of Burwardsley was transferred to Burwardsley: St. John.
- 1836 — reduced when the townships of Alpraham, Tilstone Fearnall and Tiverton were transferred to Tilstone Fearnall: St. Jude.
Church Records
C = Christenings (Baptisms) ; M = Marriages ; B = Burials ; BTs = Bishop's Transcripts
Original Registers | C 1598-1953 ; M 1559-1982 ; B 1559-1922 — Cheshire Record Office (P 40) C from 1953 ; M from 1982 ; B from 1922 — Church |
Microfilm Copies | C 1598-1953 ; M 1559-1951 ; B 1559-1922 — Cheshire Record Office C 1598-1953 ; M 1559-1876 B 1559-1922 — Manchester Archives & Local Studies ; Family History Society of Cheshire ; Crewe Library |
Bishop's Transcripts | 1588, 1593, 1600, 1605, 1608, 1610-11, 1614-18, 1620-24, 1626-33, 1636-39, 1641, 1658-68, 1670-74, 1676-77, 1679-85, 1687-92, 1694-99, 1701-16,1718-19, 1721-22, 1725-42, 1744-54, 1757-1868 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Record Office |
Copies and Indexes | C 1653-1900 ; M 1653-1837 ; B 1653-1922 (transcribed by J Elsworth, 14 vols.) — Cheshire Record Office M 1600-1837 (incomplete) — Bertram Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire (1750-1836) M 1837-1974 — Cheshire BMD (CC:1019) |
Explanatory Notes | Index of Churches |