St Luke, Goostrey, Church of England

The church has/had a graveyard.

It was founded in 1561.

Church History

An ancient chapelry in Sandbach: St. Mary parish, which in 1724 became the district church for the townships of Blackden, Goostrey cum Barnshaw, and Twemlow. 

Church Records

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

Original Registers	C 1561-1964 ; M 1561-1840 ; B 1561-1949 — Cheshire Archives (P 124) C from 1965 ; M from 1837 ; B from 1949 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1561-1964 ; M 1561-1840 ; B 1561-1949 — Cheshire Archives ; Manchester Archives & Local Studies ; Family History Society of Cheshire ; Sandbach Library
Bishop's Transcripts	1576, 1596, 1600, 1607, 1611, 1618, 1620, 1622-23, 1626, 1628-29, 1634-35, 1637(?), 1658-1666, 1668-76, 1679-81, 1683-85, 1690-91, 1694-96,1699-1706, 1708, 1711-12, 1714-15, 1717-67, 1770-1860 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Archives
Copies and Indexes	C 1561-1937 ; MB 1561-1900 (typescript by Rev. C. H. Huggill) — Church ; Cheshire Archives ; Family History Society of Cheshire ; Holmes Chapel Library ; Sandbach Library M 1754-1837 — North & East Cheshire Marriage Index - may be viewable at subscription sites such as ancestry or findmypast M 1837-1950 — Cheshire BMD (CC:1041)
Notes	CB 1607-09 ; M 1605-09 — omitted from registers

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