St Chad, Over, Church of England

The church has/had a graveyard.

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It was founded in 1558.

Swanlow Lane/Sandyhill Road 

Church History

An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Low Oulton and Wettenhall, and parts of the townships of Marton and Over. 

The district was affected by the following boundary changes: 

• 1720 — reduced when the township of Wettenhall was transferred to Wettenhall: St. David. 
• 1863 January 13 — reduced when part of the township of Over was transferred to Over: St. John the Evangelist. 
• 1876 May 30 — enlarged when the township of Darnhall was transferred from Whitegate: St. Mary. 

The district included the chapel of Winsford: Christ Church (1844-1974). 

Church Records

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

Original Registers	C 1558-1983 ; M 1558-1993 ; B 1558-1987 — Cheshire Archives (P 146) C from 1983 ; M from 1993 ; B from 1987 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1558-1911 ; M 1558-1912 ; B 1558-1917 — Cheshire Archives ; Family History Society of Cheshire ; Manchester Archives & Local Studies ; Winsford Library
Bishop's Transcripts	1588(?), 1600, 1607-09, 1610(?), 1613-15, 1617-20, 1623-30, 1633-37, 1641, 1658-66, 1668-76, 1679-85, 1687-89, 1696-1744, 1746-57, 1759-60, 1762, 1766-79, 1781-1876 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Archives 1588(?), 1600, 1607-09, 1610(?), 1613-15, 1617-20, 1623-30, 1633-37, 1641, 1658-66, 1668-76, 1679-85, 1687-89, 1696-1744, 1746-57, 1759-60, 1762, 1766-79, 1781-1833 (microfilmed) — Family History Society of Cheshire
Copies and Indexes	C 1770-1812 (transcript/index) — Cheshire Archives ; Society of Genealogists' Library ; Winsford Library M 1700-1837 — Bertram Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire (1750-1836) M 1754-1837 — North & East Cheshire Marriage Index - may be viewable at subscription sites such as ancestry or findmypast M 1837-1974 — Cheshire BMD (CW:141)
Monumental Inscriptions	Published by the Family History Society of Cheshire, 1977

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