St Boniface, Bunbury, Church of England

The church has/had a graveyard.

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It was founded in 1559.

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 Archives (P 40) C from 1953 ; M from 1982 ; B from 1922 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1598-1953 ; M 1559-1951 ; B 1559-1922 — Cheshire Archives 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 Archives
Copies and Indexes	C 1653-1900 ; M 1653-1837 ; B 1653-1922 (transcribed by J Elsworth, 14 vols.)  — Cheshire Archives M 1600-1837 (incomplete) — Bertram Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire (1750-1836) M 1837-1974 — Cheshire BMD (CC:1019)

It is located at SJ5690258100 (Lat/Lon 53.118328, -2.645402). You can see this on maps provided by:

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