BUNBURY: St. Boniface (Church of England)
Bowes Gate Road/Wych Road
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 |