CHURCH HULME
"HULME (CHURCH), a chapelry in that part of the parish of SANDBACH which is in the hundred of NORTHWICH, county palatine of CHESTER, 3½ miles (E. by N.) from Middlewich, containing 397 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Vicar of Sandbach. Thomas Hall, Esq., in 1708, gave a rent-charge of £14 for the instruction of boys and girls, which, in 1713, he augmented with another of £4, 10., for clothing them. There is also a small sum, the gift of Josiah Dean, for teaching and apprenticing one boy." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
- Church Hulme was a township and chapelry in Sandbach ancient parish, Northwich hundred (SJ 7667), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- The civil parish was renamed Holmes Chapel in 1976.
- Includes the village of Holmes Chapel and part of the hamlet of Saltersford.
- The population was 314 in 1801, 555 in 1851, 866 in 1901, and 1460 in 1901.
For the period after 1976, see Holmes Chapel.
Cemeteries
- Holmes Chapel Cemetery, Knutsford Road. Opened 1876.
Churches
- Sandbach: St. Mary (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Church Hulme.
- Church Hulme: St. Luke (Church of England). An ancient chapel to Sandbach: St. Mary, and the district church for the township of Church Hulme from 1733.
- Holmes Chapel: St. Margaret (Roman Catholic).
- Church Hulme, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1813, rebuilt in 1900. Registers of baptisms 1844-1973 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
- Church Hulme, Methodist Chapel (Free). Built in 1851. With burial ground.
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Church Hulme area or see them printed on a map.
Civil Registration
- Congleton (1837-1937)
- Crewe (1937-74)
- Congleton & Crewe (1974-76)
Court Records
- Northwich (1828-99)
- Middlewich & Sandbach (1899-1907)
- Middlewich (1907-67)
- South East Cheshire (1967-74)
- Congleton (1974-1976)
Gazetteers
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Historical Geography
- 1976 October 11 — Renamed Holmes Chapel
You can see the administrative areas in which CHURCH HULME has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ762673 (Lat/Lon: 53.202236, -2.357754), CHURCH HULME which are provided by:
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- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
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Politics and Government
- Congleton Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Congleton Rural District (1894-1974)
- Congleton (1974-76)
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
- Congleton
Voting Registers
- South Cheshire (1832-67)
- Mid Cheshire (1868-85)
- Knutsford (1885-1974)