St Christopher, Pott Shrigley, Church of England

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It was founded in 1630.

Church History

An ancient chapelry in the parish of Prestbury: St. Peter serving the township of Pott Shrigley, which became the district church in 1880. The boundaries of "The District Chapelry of Saint Christopher, Pott Shrigley" were described in the London Gazette on 14 May 1880:

"All that part of the said parish of Prestbury which is comprised within and is co-extensive with the limits of the township and ancient chapelry of Pott Shrigley"

Church Records

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

Original Registers	C 1630-1998 ; M 1685-1751, 1880-1984 ; B 1685-1956 — Cheshire Archives (P 38) C from 1998 ; M from 1984 ; B from 1956 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1630-1991 ; M 1685-1751, 1880-1941 ; B 1685-1956 — Cheshire Archives C 1630-1883 ; M 1685-1751 ; B 1685-1881 — Family History Society of Cheshire ; Manchester Archives & Local Studies ; Macclesfield Library
Bishop's Transcripts	1679-80, 1692, 1696, 1732-1829, 1831-32, 1851 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Archives ; Family History Society of Cheshire
Copies and Indexes	C 1630-1730 ; M 1675-1729 ; B 1685-1812 — Family History Society of Cheshire (Macclesfield Group) C 1619-1883 — North Cheshire Family History Society M 1685-1751 — published in: Cheshire Parish Registers: Marriages, vol. 5 (Phillimore, 1914) M 1685-1751 — Boyd's Marriage Index and North & East Cheshire Marriage Index - may be viewable at subscription sites such as ancestry or findmypast M 1700-1750 (incomplete) — Bertram Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire (1750-1836) M 1880-2007 — Cheshire BMD (CE:1072) B 1685-1956 — National Burial Index B 1685-1956 — published by North Cheshire Family History Society
Monumental Inscriptions	Published by North Cheshire Family History Society (edited by D. H. Way), 1983

It is located at SJ9442779175 (Lat/Lon 53.309482, -2.085094). You can see this on maps provided by:

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