St Thomas, Henbury, Church of England

It was founded in 1845.

Church History

Built in 1845 as the district church for the township of Henbury and part of the township of Macclesfield (previously served by Prestbury: St. Peter and Gawsworth: St. James). 

The district was affected by the following boundary change: 

• 1962 January 25 — (details not available) 
• 1975 October 22 — reduced when part of the civil parish of Macclesfield was transferred to Upton Priory: Church of the Resurrection. 

 

Church Records

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

Original Registers	C 1845-2012 ; M 1869-1988 ; B 1845-2006 — Cheshire Archives (P 253) C from 2012 ; M from 1988 ; B from 2006 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1845-1956 ; M 1869-1955 ; B 1845-1956 — Cheshire Archives C 1845-1872 — Family History Society of Cheshire ; Macclesfield Library
Bishop's Transcripts	1892-1904 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Archives
Copies and Indexes	M 1869-1988 — Cheshire BMD (CE:1044)
Monumental Inscriptions	Published by the Family History Society of Cheshire (Macclesfield Group), 1990

It is located at SJ8817973626 (Lat/Lon 53.259499, -2.178657). You can see this on maps provided by:

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