St Laurence, Frodsham, Church of England

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It was founded in 1558.

Church Road 

Church History

An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Alvanley, Frodsham, Frodsham Lordship, Helsby, Kingsley, Manley, Newton by Frodsham, and Norley. 

The district was affected by the following boundary changes: 

• 1851 — reduced when the townships of Kingsley and Newton by Frodsham were transferred to Kingsley: St. John the Evangelist.
• 1861 — reduced when the township of Norley was transferred to Norley: St. John the Evangelist.
• 1861 April 19 — reduced when the township of Alvanley was transferred to the new district of Alvanley: St. John the Evangelist.
• 1875 December 7 — reduced when the township of Helsby was transferred to the new district of Helsby: St. Paul.
• 1930 May 27 — reduced when the township of Manley was transferred to the district of Alvanley: St. John the Evangelist.

 

Church Records

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

Original Registers	C 1558-1980 ; M 1558-1951 ; B 1558-1984 — Cheshire Archives (P 8) C from 1980 ; M from 1951 ; B from 1984 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1558-1963 ; M 1558-1951 ; B 1558-1952 — Cheshire Archives C 1558-1928 ; M 1558-1921 ; B 1558-1899 — Manchester Archives & Local Studies ; Family History Society of Cheshire ; Halton Lea Library
Bishop's Transcripts	1603, 1606-08, 1610-11, 1613-14, 1617-19, 1621-23, 1625, 1627-29, 1631-37, 1639-40, 1660, 1662-63, 1665-76, 1678-82, 1684, 1690-1726,1728-39,1742-1824, 1826-56 (microfilmed) ; 1857-77 — Cheshire Archives
Copies and Indexes	CMB 1558-1812 — published in Frodsham Parish Church (St. Lawrence) Registers, edited by S. Thorneley & E. Jermyn, 3 vols. (Worcester, 1908-1913) M 1558-1837 — Bertram Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire (1750-1836) ; North & East Cheshire Marriage Index - may be viewable at subscription sites such as ancestry or findmypast M 1837-1974 — Cheshire BMD (CW:125) B 1813-1982 (partial index) — Cheshire Archives ; Chester Library
Monumental Inscriptions	1969 — Cheshire Archives
Notes	C 1649-1661 ; MB 1648-1653 — omitted from register

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