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& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe chapelry of Daresbury, Daresbury being a chapelry of the wider parish of Runcorn, lies in northern Cheshire forming part of its border with neighbouring Lancashire. Daresbury is located roughly 5 miles east of its mother parish's town of Runcorn and a similar distance southwest of the Lancashire industrial town of Warrington. Daresbury is a small village sitting on the A558 road which connects Runcorn with Warrington. The chapelry forms the easternmost portion of Runcorn parish and consists of a number of small settlements, besides Daresbury village there is that of Moore and Keckwick. Daresbury sits on the southern side of the broad valley formed by the River Mersey and land is largely dominated by pastoral farming on the rich silts formed by the that flood plain. Daresbury principal claim to fame is of the birth-place of Lewis Carroll, the creator of Alice in Wonderland; he was born in 1832 to his father the incumbent at All Saints which, today, doubles as the Lewis Carroll Centre celebrating the author as well as being the parish church. Modern developments have come to the chapelry in abundance, first to arrive was the Bridgewater Canal, part of the Cheshire Ring, whilst the railway line connecting Warrington to Chester passes through without granting Daresbury a station, in more modern times the M56 motorway passes just to the south connecting Chester to Manchester. Daresbury is drained northwards by the Kickwick Brook, amongst others, which makes its way the short distance north to the Mersey and thence to the Irish Sea through the port of Liverpool. Kickwick itself sits at just 5 metres above the sea with Moore at 20 whilst Daresbury sits upon a sandstone ridge at 60 metres above the sea, this being the highest land for some distance. Daresbury chapelry occupied a relatively small area of Runcorn parish estimated at between 500 & 700 acres in various sources, within that acreage a population of almost 2,200 parishioners would have been supported albeit only 200 or so would reside in Daresbury. Daresbury is not specifically mentioned in Domesday Book. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 |
24th November 1754 - 26th February 1795 |
Cheshire Archives & Local Studies - Reference -
P66/1/4 |
Plain, unruled book, a continuation of the extant
composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation
& wording requirements |
Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood
of misreads |
None |
2 | 24th August 1795 - 13th December 1812 | Cheshire Archives & Local Studies - Reference - P66/1/5 | Plain, unruled book, a further composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation & wording requirements | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this
register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in
number |
Fading of this register could result in a few misreads |
3 | 25th January 1813 - 29th April 1833 | Cheshire Archives & Local Studies - Reference - P66/3/1a | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of
misreads |
None NB this register is bound together with its successor into a single archival deposit |
3 | 26th May 1833 - 26th June 1837 | Cheshire Archives & Local Studies - Reference - P66/3/1b | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None NB this register is bound together with its predecessor into a single archival deposit |
Farnworth
near Prescot St Luke, Lancashire
Prescot St Mary, Lancashire |
Great
Sankey St Mary, Lancashire
Prescot St Mary, Lancashire |
Warrington
St Elphin, Lancashire
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Runcorn
All Saints
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Great
Budworth St Mary
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Runcorn
All Saints
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Runcorn
All Saints
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Great
Budworth St Mary
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