England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Plemstall lies in western Cheshire roughly 4 miles northeast of the county town of Chester. Plemstall sits about a half mile east of the A56 road which links Chester with Runcorn. Whilst Plemstall grants its name to the parish it is just a tiny group of farms and cottages gathered around St Peter's church, the main settlements within the parish are, in increasing order of size, Bridge Trafford (a pair of inns and a few properties at the crossing of the River Gowy), Picton (hall and surrounding properties), Hoole Bank (perilously close to the M55 and a small pocket of properties) and largest of all Mickle Trafford (a substantial village lining the A56 and spreading away either side). The presence of the River Gowy and the low-lying land which surrounds it, prone to flooding and much man-influenced, influenced the farming hereabouts, those low-lying areas were dominated by dairy pastures whilst drier ground was farmed mainly for cereals, Modern developments have come aplenty to the parish, the railway lines from Chester to Runcorn and Northwich split south of Mickle Trafford and cross the Gowy either side of Plemstall whilst the M55 extension crosses the western side of the parish. Plemstall parish is largely drained by the Gowy which heads to meet the Mersey Estuary to the east of Ellesmere Port thence to the Irish Sea. Plemstall is sited almost entirely below the 10 metre contour in very gentle terrain, east of the Gowy land rises gently to around 30 metres at nearby Dunham on the Hill, a low hill indeed. At around 3,100 acres Plemstall parish was typical of a northern rural parish within which acreage it would have supported a population of around 800 parishioners, almost half of whom lived in Mickle Trafford. By coincidence Mickle Trafford was a manor mentioned in Domesday Book, a tiny place then held by Earl Hugh of Chester offering merely 3 ploughs, Picton was present too, held by Richard de Vernon and offered a further pair of ploughs. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 |
1st September 1754 - 7th April 1795 |
Cheshire Archives & Local Studies - Reference -
P97/3/1 |
Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns &
Marriage register with 4 entries per page |
Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues
with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur
albeit few in number |
The register is soiled with loose & slightly torn pages
that may result in one or two misreads |
2 | 20th April 1795 - 10th February 1812 | Cheshire Archives & Local Studies - Reference - P97/3/2 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of
misreads |
None |
3 | 1st March 1813 - 27th December 1836 | Cheshire Archives & Local Studies - Reference - P97/3/3 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of
misreads |
None |
Chester
St Oswald (detached)
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Chester
St Mary on the Hill
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Barrow
St Bartholomew
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Chester
St John the Baptist
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Chester
St Oswald
Guilden Sutton St John the Baptist |
Guilden
Sutton St John the Baptist
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