Cheshire Local History and Genealogy Sites Links

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Post Links for Cheshire Databases & Resources
Sites on this Topic thread.

These can be either related to the whole of Cheshire,
or to a smaller area, eg town or Parish.

Before posting: please check that the site/s you have in mind, is/are not already included on this Topic thread nor in the Links Cabinet Category "Cheshire Databases/Resources"

Thanks very much - grateful for all contributions. :ck-smile:
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Genuki Cheshire
CheshireBMD.org.uk
Tameside databases by Gay J Oliver
The Family History Society of Cheshire
The North Cheshire Family History Society
The South Cheshire Family History Society

Updated 26 June 2007
The list above & several other Cheshire Websites have been added to the Links Cabinet under Category "Cheshire Databases/Resources Sites" good stuff!!

Any more? Please post them here..

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maxine wrote:

Cheshire clergy

Gillian wrote:

http://www.the-dicksons.org/
This site carrys information about the village of Kelsall in Cheshire and those who lived there during C19

http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/familyhistory
This link takes you to the Cheshire County Council Family History home page.

http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/cheshire/index.html
A huge variety of links including Cheshire brewers!

Gillian

Carole wrote:

Cheshire Local History Websites Links

A Scrapbook of Cheshire Antiquities by Craig Thornber
751 Photographs and commentary on 97 Historic Sites in Cheshire, together with Social History in the late Georgian period.
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The Macclesfield Silk Industry & Museum
An introduction is included in our Topic >> Macclesfield Silk Industry >>
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Cheshire Local History Association
'Promoting the study of, and interest in, local history within the ancient County Palatine of Chester'
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http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/TourismLeisureAndCulture/castles.htm
All about the castles of Cheshire which range in date from the C11 to C19

http://www.nortonpriory.org/
Learn about life at Norton Priory
Visit the museum, the ancient priory ruins and the beautiful garden.

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jrossb/index.html
Visit this site for more history of Norton Priory and Runcorn.

http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/tithemaps/
These maps of Cheshire 150 years ago form a unique record of land ownership and are invaluable to the genealogist.

edit by Gillian 17th Dec 2007

All Saints Church, Daresbury. This is the church that Lewis Carroll attended as a child when his father was the Curate of the parish. Within the church is the Lewis Carroll Memorial Window. this window is renowned because it features characters from 'Alice in Wonderland' including the 'Cheshire Cat'. To learn more visit this web site:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church%2C_Daresbury

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Cheshire Tithe Maps

Gazetteer entries for Cheshire

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