St Lawrence, Stoak, Church of England

The church has/had a graveyard.

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It was founded in 1573.

Also known as "Stoke: St. Lawrence".

Church History

An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Great Stanney, Little Stanney and Stoke, and parts of the townships of Backford, Ince and Whitby.

The district was affected by the following boundary changes:

• 1967 March 23 — reduced when the civil parish of Great Stanney was transferred to Ellesmere Port: Christ Church.

On 27 October 1971 the parish was abolished and its area transferred to Ellesmere Port: Christ Church.

Church Records

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

Original Registers	C 1573-1925 ; M 1573-1993 ; B 1573-1889 — Cheshire Archives (P 31) C from 1925 ; M from 1993 ; B from 1890 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1573-1925 ; M 1573-1979 ; B 1573-1889 — Cheshire Archives ; Ellesmere Port Library C 1573-1925 ; M 1573-1964 ; B 1573-1889 — Family History Society of Cheshire ; Manchester Archives & Local Studies
Bishop's Transcripts	1607, 1610, 1613-15, 1618, 1619(?), 1621-24, 1626-27, 1630, 1632-34,1636-38, 1640-41, 1666, 1668-76, 1679-85, 1690-91, 1712-16, 1718-27,1730-37, 1739, 1741-1841, 1843-48 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Archives ; Family History Society of Cheshire
Copies and Indexes	M 1637-1837 (incomplete) — Bertram Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire (1750-1836) M 1837-1958 — Cheshire BMD (CW:CE42)
Monumental Inscriptions	Transcript by T. E. Ward, 1976 — Cheshire Archives ; Society of Genealogists' Library ; Ellesmere Port Library

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