St James the Great, Audlem, Church of England

The church has/had a graveyard.

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It was founded in 1360.

Churchfields

Church History

An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Audlem, Buerton, Hankelow, and Tittenley, and parts of the townships of Dodcott cum Wilkesley and Newhall.

The district was affected by the following boundary change:

• 1869 February 10 — reduced when parts of the townships of Dodcott cum Wilkesley and Newhall were transferred to Burleydam: St. Mary & St. Michael.

 

Church Records

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

Original Registers	C 1557-1928 ; M 1557-1923 ; B 1557-1947 — Cheshire Archives (P 113) C from 1928 ; M from 1923 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1557-1928 ; M 1557-1923 ; B 1557-1947 — Cheshire Archives ; Manchester Archives & Local Studies ; Family History Society of Cheshire, Nantwich Library
Bishop's Transcripts	1579, 1600-02, 1605, 1607-10, 1612-15, 1617, 1620-21, 1626-27, 1632-33, 1636-39, 1641, 1658-68, 1670-85, 1687, 1689-1843, 1848-53, 1864-1910 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Archives 1579, 1600-02, 1605, 1607-10, 1612-15, 1617, 1620-21, 1626-27, 1632-33, 1636-39, 1641, 1658-68, 1670-85, 1687, 1689-1741 (microfilmed) — Family History Society of Cheshire
Copies and Indexes	M 1663-1837 (incomplete) — Bertram Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire (1750-1836) M 1753-1837 — North & East Cheshire Marriage Index - may be viewable at subscription sites such as ancestry or findmypast M 1837-1974 — Cheshire BMD (CC:1008)
Notes	C 1641-1646 ; M 1642-1653 — omitted from registers

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