St Peter, Waverton, Church of England

The church has/had a graveyard.

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It was founded in 1582.

Church History

An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Hatton, Huxley and Waverton. 

The district was affected by the following boundary changes: 

• 1878 May 21 — reduced when the township of Huxley was transferred to the new district of Hargrave: St. Peter. 

Church Records

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

Original Registers	C 1582-1991 ; M 1662-1995, 1990-2007 ; B 1667-1966 — Cheshire Archives (P 282) C from 1991 ; M from 1995 ; B from 1966 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1582-1863 ; M 1662-1837 ; B 1667-1966 — Cheshire Archives ; Family History Society of Cheshire ; Manchester Archives & Local Studies
Bishop's Transcripts	1599-1601, 1604-05, 1608-11, 1613-14, 1616-18, 1623-25, 1627, 1629-33, 1639-41, 1666, 1668-69, 1671-77, 1679-85, 1690-92, 1694-1751, 1753-54, 1756-1839, 1845-60, 1863-89 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Archives ; Family History Society of Cheshire
Copies and Indexes	M 1677-1837 (incomplete) — Bertram Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire (1750-1836) M 1838-1958 — Cheshire BMD (CW:CE52)
Monumental Inscriptions	Published by the Family History Society of Cheshire (edited by G. A. Jeffreys), 1993; revised 1999
Notes	M 1979-1990 — missing

It is located at SJ4619163374 (Lat/Lon 53.164748, -2.806299). You can see this on maps provided by:

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