St Peter, Hargrave, Church of England

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It was founded in 1627.

Church Lane, Foulk Stapleford. 

Church History

An ancient chapel to Tarvin: St. Andrew. In 1878 it became the district church for the townships of Foulk Stapleford and Huxley (previously served by Tarvin: St. Andrew and Waverton: St. Peter). The London Gazette for 21 May 1878 set out the boundaries of "The Consolidated Chapelry of Saint Peter Hargrave" as follows: 

"All that portion of the parish of Tarvin in the county of Chester and in the diocese of Chester which is comprised within and is co-extensive with the limits of the township of Foulk Stapleford otherwise called or known as the parochial chapelry of Hargrave" 

"And also all that contiguous portion of the parish of Waverton in the county and diocese aforesaid which is comprised within and is co-extensive with the limits of the township of Huxley". 

Church Records

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

Original Registers	C 1744-1979 ; M 1746-1749, 1841-2008 ; B 1744-1995 — Cheshire Archives (P 78) C from 1979 ; M from 1997 ; B from 1996 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1744-1979 ; M 1746-1749, 1841-1991 ; B 1744-1995 — Cheshire Archives C 1744-1883 ; M 1746-1749 ; B 1744-1813 — Family History Society of Cheshire
Bishop's Transcripts	1632-35, 1637, 1639-41, 1666, 1668, 1671-2, 1676-78, 1680-85, 1806-49, 1851-69, 1883-89 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Archives
Copies and Indexes	M 1841-1958 — Cheshire BMD (CW:CE29) B 1744-1995 (transcript by Hargrave & Huxley History Group) — Cheshire Archives B 1744-1995 — National Burial Index
Monumental Inscriptions	Published by the Family History Society of Cheshire (edited by H. Jones), 1992 Transcript by Hargrave & Huxley History Group (edited by J. Whittle), 1998 — Cheshire Archives, Chester Library
Notes	CMB 1661-1744 — register(s) missing M 1749-1841 — see Tarvin: St. Andrew

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