The Family History Society of Cheshire

The transcription of a few hundred graves in the churchyard.

Transcription and index for two graveyards in Lower Withington:

- St Peter

- Methodist Chapel

Macclesfield Cemetery, is a Victorian cemetery located on Prestbury Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire. It was opened on 17 May 1866 and consists of 68 acres of land including gardens of remembrance. The site contains three chapels, terrace walks overlooking a stream and examples of monumental stone masonry. Macclesfield Crematorium is located within the grounds, the cemetery lodge is on Prestbury Road.

A transcription of the graves in Macclesfiedl Cemetery completed by the Macclesfield Ferrets between 1985 and 2001.

A great piece of work that not only transcribes and indexes the gravestones before they were removed, but lots of background on the project.

A small graveyard of in the grounds of the chapel

A collection of transcriptions from a number of non-conformist sites in Macclesfield:

- Roe Street Congregational

- Brunswick Methodist

- Park Street Methodist

- Mill Street Quakers

- St Albans RC

As well as transcriptions of the memorials in the graveyard this file contains some  plans and a history of the church.

It was previously also known as All Hallows.

Transcriptions, indexes and graveyard plans

As well as transcriptions of the memorials in the graveyard this file contains some  maps, photos. A very small graveyard so its free to download.

An index of marriages including full details in alphabetical order. It is searchable.

A collection of transcriptions from the above with index

Transcription of a very small graveyard (122 graves).

A transcript of the memorial inscriptions`

A small graveyard in Marston in the grounds of St Paul's.

In 1874 the Church of St Paul was erected. Designed by Mr. Douglas, architect of Chester, in the Early English style, it consists of an organ chamber on the south side, nave, north aisle with porch and a low spire and turret containing one bell.

All the transcriptions from a very small graveyard made in 1990

A collection of transcriptions from the above cemetery.

A small Methodist Graveyard in Mickle Trafford (94 graves)

Middlewich Doings in Olden Days 1925

History of Middlewich 1895

A transcript of the memorial inscriptions

Holy Trinity Mossley MI’s and Grave Register

• A transcription of the Memorial Inscriptions inside and outside the Church
• A transcription of the grave register both in the numerical order of the graves and alphabetical order of the names of the deceased
• Plans of the location of the MI’s
• A list of incumbents 1845 – 2000
• Photographs

Completed August 2003

A collection of transcriptions from St Michael including indexes.

A transcript of the memorial inscriptions

Nantwich Wills 1603 to 1688

Jack Cockcroft was a keen Family Historian, but his interests extended very much into Local History and especially the history ofNantwich, which became his adopted town. Jack attended classes on Local History, during the course of which he became interested in the Wills and Inventories of people from Nantwich during the "Stuart" period i.e. 1603 - 1714. He took upon himself the task of visiting the Cheshire Record Office at Chester on a regular basis and there laboriously transcribed the Wills and Inventories covering the town of Nantwich. Having handwritten them at the Record Office, then came the task of typing them into a computer. The  work involved was both tiresome and time consuming, but neither of these deterred him from his task. He transcribed and typed in several hundreds of documents ranging from a single 1 page Inventory to much longer and more detailed Wills. It was during visits to Jack and his wife at Nantwich, to discuss other projects that he was also involved with that I became aware of this work. The Society at this time were just embarking on publishing a series of "Local History" books and Jack's response when I enquired whether he would allow the Society to publish his work was an immediate and unequivocal confirmation. The work was taken on by the  Society, but due to some problems, not least of which was computer incompatibility, it was to take some time before the work was completed and I was much saddened that Jack did not live long enough to see his finished work published.

This is a superb work of reference for students of Nantwich Local History and for Family Historians with ancestors from Nantwich. The period covered is for the "Stuart" monarchs James I (1603 -1625), Charles I (1625- 1649), Charles II (1660- 1685) and James n (1685- 1688).

ln book forn, the work consists of 6 volumes. I think that this format will make the work more affordable and more easily accessible.