St Michael and All Angels, Shotwick, Church of England

The church has/had a graveyard.

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It was founded in 1861.

Church History

An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Capenhurst, Great Saughall, Little Saughall, Shotwick and Woodbank. 

The district was affected by the following boundary changes: 

• 1859 — reduced when the township of Capenhurst was transferred to Capenhurst: Holy Trinity. 
• 1921 August 16 — reduced when the township of Little Saughall and part of the township of Great Saughall were transferred to Great Saughall: All Saints. 

Church Records

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

Original Registers	C 1681-1991 ; M 1692-1992 ; B 1690-1992 — Cheshire Archives (P 49) C from 1993 ; M from 1993 ; B from 1993 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1681-1991 ; M 1692-1992 ; B 1690-1903 — Cheshire Archives C 1681-1940 ; M 1692-1971 ; B 1690-1992 — Neston Library
Bishop's Transcripts	1591, 1599-1600, 1605, 1607-11, 1614-15, 1617-18, 1622-24, 1626-27,1630-32, 1634, 1636-39, 1641-42, 1658-60, 1668-72, 1675-76, 1679-82, 1685, 1690-91, 1694-1737, 1739, 1741, 1745-68, 1770-1805, 1807-96 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Archives 1878-1896 (microfilmed) — Family History Society of Cheshire
Copies and Indexes	CB 1681-1775 ; M 1681-1753 (transcript by E. Dyke, 2 vols.) — Cheshire Archives M 1700-1837 (incomplete) — Bertram Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire (1750-1836) M 1837-1957 — Cheshire BMD (CW:CE41)
Monumental Inscriptions	Transcript by J. H. E. Bennett, 1910 — Cheshire Archives ; Society of Genealogists' Library

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