St Lawrence, Over Peover, Church of England

The church has/had a graveyard.

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It was founded in 1668.

Church History

An ancient chapelry in the parish of Rostherne: St. Mary, which in 1827 became the district church for the townships of Marthall, Over Peover and Snelson. 

The district was affected by the following boundary changes: 

• 1840 — reduced when the township of Marthall was transfererd to Marthall: All Saints. 
• 1880 April 9 — reduced when most of the township of Snelson was transfererd to Chelford: St. John the Evangelist

It also included the chapel of Over Peover: St. Michael. 

Church Records

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

Original Registers	C 1668-1919 ; M 1668-1954, 1988-1999 ; B 1668-1956 — Cheshire Archives (P 77) C from 1920 ; M 1955-1988, from 1999 ; B from 1956 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1668-1919 ; M 1668-1954 ; B 1668-1956 — Cheshire Archives ; Manchester Archives & Local Studies ; Knutsford Library M 1754-1954 ; B 1813-1956 — Family History Society of Cheshire
Bishop's Transcripts	1600, 1614-15, 1621, 1624-25, 1631(?), 1634-37, 1662-63, 1665-66, 1668-76, 1678-85, 1690-1827, 1829-46, 1848-82, 1905-07, 1910-11 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Archives
Copies and Indexes	CMB 1664-1748, 1813-1919 ; M 1754-1954 ; B 1813-1956 (transcript) — Cheshire Archives (microfilmed) ; Manchester Archives & Local Studies 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 1837-2010 — Cheshire BMD (CE:1070) B 1678-1707 (in woollen) — Cheshire Archives ; Family History Society of Cheshire (microfilmed)
Monumental Inscriptions	Published by the Family History Society of Cheshire/North Cheshire Family History Society, 1972

It is located at SJ7720873449 (Lat/Lon 53.257548, -2.343105). You can see this on maps provided by:

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