Cheshire Births Marriages & Deaths Indexes

Last updated: 15 June 2023

For the purposes of registering Births and Deaths, Cheshire was divided into a number of Registrars' Sub-Districts, which could cover anything from part of a large town, up to a group of several dozen rural parishes. The boundaries of these areas have changed frequently over the years since 1837, and as a result many birth and death records have been transferred between different register offices. Click on the name of the Sub-District to see a list of the places it covered.

This page will be updated each time new records are added to the database, and recent additions will also be indicated on the Updates page.

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Death Coverage Last updated 14 June 2019

Sub-District	Years Operative	Registers at	Code	Years indexed
Alderley	1837-1937	Cheshire East	ALD	1837-1937
Altrincham	1837-1974	Trafford	ALT	1837-1969
Ashton & Mossley *	1961-1974	Tameside	A&M	1961-1974
Ashton Hospital *	1961-1974	Tameside	AHO	1961-1974
Ashton Town *	1837-1937	Tameside	AST	1837-1937
Ashton *	1937-1961	Tameside	ASH	1937-1961
Audenshaw *	1837-1974	Tameside	AUD	1837-1974
Bebington	1892-1937	Wirral	BEB	1892-1937
Birkenhead	1837-1935	Wirral	BIR	1837-1935
Birkenhead North	1935-1965	Wirral	BKN	1935-1951
Birkenhead South	1935-1965	Wirral	BKS	1935-1951
Bollington	1837-1937	Cheshire East	BOL	1837-1937
Bredbury	1905-1969	Stockport	BRE	1905-1969
Budworth	1837-1937	Warrington	BUD	1837-1910
Bunbury	1837-1915	Cheshire East	BU	1837-1915
Cheadle	1837-1974	Stockport	CHD	1837-1974
Chester Castle (1)	1837-1918	Cheshire West	CAS	1837-1918
Chester Castle (2)	1937-1974	Cheshire West	CAS	1937-1950
Chester Cathedral	1837-1918	Cheshire West	CAT	1837-1918
Chester City	1918-1937	Cheshire West	CHC	1918-1937
Chester City	1937-1974	Cheshire West	CHE	1937-1950
Chester Rural	1918-1937	Cheshire West	CHR	1918-1937
Church Hulme	1837-1937	Cheshire East	CH	1837-1937
Congleton	1837-1974	Cheshire East	CO and CON	1837-1974
Crewe (1)	1882-1920	Cheshire East	CR	1882-1920
Crewe (2)	1937-1971	Cheshire East	CR	1937-1971
Crewe (3)	1972-1991	Cheshire East	CR	1972-1975
Crewe Borough	1920-1937	Cheshire East	CR	1920-1937
Daresbury	1845-1891	Halton	DAR	1845-1891
Denton *	1837-1937	Tameside	DEN	1837-1937
Dukinfield (1)	1837-1897	Tameside	DUK	1837-1897
Dukinfield (2)	1907-1969	Tameside	DUK	1907-1969
Dukinfield & Stalybridge	1969-1974	Tameside	D&S	1969-1974
East Macclesfield	1837-1907	Cheshire East	EMC	1837-1907
East Wirral	1937-1974	Wirral	EW	1937-1951
Eastham	1837-1937	Cheshire West	EAS	1837-1937
Flixton *	1837-1841	Trafford	FLX	1837-1841
Frodsham	1837-1937	Halton	FRO	1837-1937
Gawsworth	1837-1937	Cheshire East	GAW	1837-1937
Grappenhall	1837-1845	Halton	GRA	1837-1845
Great Boughton	1870-1871	Cheshire West	GBO	1870-1871
Hartshead *	1837-1897	Tameside	HAR	1837-1897
Haslington	1920-1937	Cheshire East	HA	1920-1937
Hawarden	1837-1871	Flintshire	HAW	1837-1871
Hazel Grove	1837-1974	Stockport	HAZ	1837-1974
Heaton Norris *	1837-1937	Stockport	HEA	1837-1937
Hyde	1837-1974	Tameside	HYD	1837-1974
Knott Lanes *	1837-1911	Tameside	KNO	1837-1911
Knutsford	1837-1997	Cheshire East	KNU	1837-1997
Latchford	1845-1896	Warrington	LAT	1845-1896
Lees *	1911-1927	Tameside	LEE	1911-1927
Lymm (1)	1837-1937	Warrington	LYM	1837-1910
Lymm (2)	1962-1974	Warrington	LYM
Macclesfield	1907-1948	Cheshire East	MAC	1907-1997
Macclesfield & Bollington	1948-1974	Cheshire East	MBO	1948-1974
Macclesfield Rural	1948-1974	Cheshire East	MRU	1948-1974
Malpas (1)	1837-1856	Wrexham	ML	1837-1853
Malpas (2)	1853-1937	Cheshire West	MAL	1853-1937
Marple (1)	1837-1907	Stockport	MAR	1837-1907
Marple (2)	1924-1937	Stockport	MAR	1924-1937
Middlewich	1837-1937	Cheshire East	MI	1837-1937
Mossley *	1897-1951	Tameside	MOS	1897-1961
Mottram	1837-1937	Tameside	MOT	1837-1937
Nantwich	1837-1991	Cheshire East	NA	1837-1975
Neston	1837-1937	Wirral	NES	1837-1937
Newton & Godley	1837-1937	Tameside	NEW	1837-1937
Northwich	1837-1974	Cheshire West	NO	1837-1970
Over	1837-1937	Cheshire West	OV/WI	1837-1937
Prestbury	1837-1937	Cheshire East	PRE	1837-1937
Rainow	1837-1928	Cheshire East	RAI	1837-1928
Rixton *	1837-1914	Warrington	RIX	1837-1910
Runcorn	1837-1974	Halton	RUN	1837-1950
Sale	1903-1974	Trafford	SAL	1903-1974
Sandbach	1837-1971	Cheshire East	SA	1837-1971
Sankey *	1837-1927	Warrington	SAN	1837-1910
Stalybridge	1897-1969	Tameside	STB	1897-1969
Stayley	1837-1882	Tameside	STY	1837-1882
Stockport First	1837-1967	Stockport	ST1	1837-1967
Stockport Second	1837-1967	Stockport	ST2	1837-1967
Stockport Third	1903-1967	Stockport	ST3	1903-1967
Stockport	1967-	Stockport	ST	1967-1990
Stockton Heath	1937-1974	Warrington	STH
Stretford * & **	1837-	Trafford	STR	1837-1947,1948-1974
Sutton	1837-1910	Cheshire East	SUT	1837-1910
Tameside	1974-date	Tameside	TAM	1974-2014
Tarvin Rural	1937-1974	Cheshire West	TAR	1937-1950
Tattenhall	1837-1937	Cheshire West	TAT	1837-1937
Trafford	1974-date	Trafford	TFD	1990-2004
Tranmere	1861-1935	Wirral	TRA	1861-1935
Urmston *	1937-	Trafford	URM	1937-1974
Wallasey	1837-1935	Wirral	WAL	1837-1935
Wallasey	1936-1974	Wirral	WA	1936-1951
Warrington *	1837-1954	Warrington	WAR	1837-1910
Weaverham	1837-1937	Cheshire West	WV	1837-1937
West Macclesfield	1837-1907	Cheshire East	WMC	1837-1907
West Wirral	1937-1974	Wirral	WW	1937-1951
Wilmslow	1837-1974	Cheshire East	WIL	1837-1974
Winsford	1937-1974	Cheshire West	WI	1937-1970
Winwick *	1837-1927	Warrington	WIN	1837-1910
Woodchurch	1837-1937	Wirral	WOO	1837-1937
Wrenbury	1837-1937	Cheshire East	WR	1837-1937
Wybunbury	1837-1882	Cheshire East	CR	1837-1882

* = areas in Lancashire until 1974

** = Stretford's Register 10B was Stolen and there is no index. The Register covers 14th Oct 1947 to 23rd July 1948. Copies of Death Certificates for this period can only be obtained from the GRO.

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