Cheshire

Famous for its sandstone hills and the large plain, Cheshire was an agricultural area famous for milk and cheese production. Salt mines were started in 1682, other local industries being the leather trade and charcoal production. Chester is famous for its Roman ruins as well as its Tudor heritage seen in its black and white timbered buildings. Attractions in Chester include a city wall which is nearly complete, the River Dee and the Zoo. The footballer Joe Mercer was born in Ellesmere Port.

The county has undergone numerous changes over the years. A summary of these can be found here. County town: Chester Other major towns: Historically Birkenhead, Wallasey, Stockport. In later years Macclesfield, Crewe and Warrington Cheshire Places of Worship Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference

• Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies

• Cheshire Libraries

• Family History Society of Cheshire

• North Cheshire Family History Society

• Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

• A Century of Cheshire Brewers

• Relative Research

• Cheshire Parish Register Project

• Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire

• Return of Owners of Land, Cheshire 1873

• Cheshire County Council - Wills Database Online

Specific Town and Village Interest

• The Story of Alderley Edge

• Altrincham History Society

• SaltyWeb - Altrincham

• Audlem

• Birkenhead - St Mary's Church and the Priory

• Cheadle Hulme

• Chester: A Virtual Stroll Around the Walls

• Freemen of Chester Records Online, 1747- 1925

• Overleigh Cemetery (Chester) Search

• Congleton Borough Charters

• Congleton Workhouse

• Family History Society of Cheshire, Crewe Group

• Disley, Lyme Handley, Taxal & Whaley

• Old Hyde

• Kelsall 19th Century Social History

• Hostelries, Ale and Public Houses in Northwich: 17th-20th Centuries

• Northwich Local Genealogy and History

• The Lion Salt Works Trust, Northwich

• The Salt Industry and its Legacy for Northwich and its Surrounding Countryside

• Odd Rode & Astbury Parish

• Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate

• History of Saughall and Shotwick Park

• Stockport -Methodist Baptisms

• Tameside Family History

• Trafford War Dead

• Weaverham Marriages

• Weaverham Wills 1599-1837

• Whaley Bridge (formerly Yeardsley cum Whaley)

• Wheelock Genealogy

Maps and Photographs

• Cheshire's Tithe Maps Online

• A Scrapbook of Cheshire Antiquities - Photographs and Commentaries on Historic Sites in Cheshire

• Carl's Cam - Photos of Cheshire

• Cheshire Churches

• Chester Image Bank

• Old Photos of Cheshire

Register Office

• Cheshire Births, Marriages & Deaths

Cheshire Central Register Office

Delamere House
Chester Street
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 2LL

Cheshire East Register Office

Park Green
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK11 6TW

Cheshire West Register Office

Goss Street
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 2BG

Flintshire Register Office

Llwynegrin Hall
Mold
CH7 6NR

Runcorn Register Office

Halton Register Office
Heath Road
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 5TN

Stockport Register Office

Town Hall
Stockport
Cheshire
SK1 3XE

Tameside Register Office

Town Hall
King Street
Dukinfield
Cheshire
SK16 4LA

Trafford Register Office

Town Hall
Sale Waterside
Sale
Cheshire
M33 7ZF

Warrington Register Office

Museum Street
Warrington
Cheshire
WA1 1JX

Wirral Register Office

Town Hall
Mortimer Street
Birkenhead
CH41 5EU

Wrexham Register Office

Ty Dewi Sant
Rhosddu Road
Wrexham
LL11 1NF

Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

• Research Offers: Cemetery
• Research Offers: Photograph
• Research Offers: Probate
• Research Offers: Record Office/Archive

If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.

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