Sandbach Genealogical Records
Sandbach Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Records of baptism for people born in and around Sandbach between 1861 and 1906. Details include child's name, parents' names and date of birth and/or baptism. Records may also include parent's occupations, residence, place of origin and more.
Digital images of baptism registers, searchable by a name index. These records may help trace a family as far back as 1576.
Name index linked to original images of the baptism registers of Sandbach. Records document parents' names and date of baptism and/or birth.
Digital images of baptism registers, searchable by a name index. They list parents' names - their occupations, residence and sometimes other details.
Sandbach Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of marriage registers, searchable by a name index. They may list residence, marital status, witnesses and more.
Marriage records from people who married at Sandbach Heath, Sandbach between 1861 and 1910. Lists an individual's abode, marital status and more.
Digital images of marriage registers, searchable by a name index. Details may include residence, marital status, parents' names and witnesses.
Marriage registers record Anglican marriages in Sandbach. They are the primary marriage document before 1837 and contain the same details as marriage certificates from then on. They typically record residence and marital status, though may contain ages and father's names.
Sandbach Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Burial registers are the primary source for death documentation before 1837, though are relevant to the present. They record the date someone was buried, their age & residence.
Digital images of burial registers, searchable by a name index. They may detail the deceased's name, residence and age.
Digital images of burial registers, searchable by a name index. They may detail the deceased's name, residence and age.
Digital images of burial registers, searchable by a name index. Details given may include the deceased's name, residence, age, names of relations, cause of death and more.
Sandbach Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A list of those in the hundred who were taxed for the privilege of owning or occupying properties with hearths.
A list of those in the hundred who were levied to finance the dissolution of the New Model Army.
A full name index, connected to original images of the registers. These records list those who were eligible to vote and may give a description of an individual's property.
Newspapers Covering Sandbach
Regional news; notices of births, marriages and deaths; business notices; details on the proceedings of public institutions; adverts and a rich tapestry of other regional information from the Cheshire district. Every line of text from the newspaper can be searched and images of the original pages viewed.
A London newspaper that later became The Sun.
A left-wing, British daily that sold up to 2 million copies a day at its peak.
Digital images, searchable by text, of a British daily tabloid.
A gentleman's magazine published in London, but covering news from all England, Wales and further afield.
Sandbach Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
Digital images, indexed by testor's name, of 28,716 wills, administrations, inventories and other probate documents. The records can shed light on an individual’s relations, possessions, land holdings, legal agreements and more. They cover various jurisdictions throughout the north of England.
An index to 263,822 wills, administrations and other probate documents proved by an ecclesiastical court in York. The index included the testor's name, residence, year of probate, type of document and reference to order copies of the referenced document(s.).
An index to 10,195 wills, administrations and other probate documents proved by an ecclesiastical court in York. The index included the testor's name, residence, occupation, will & probate year, language, type of document and reference to order copies of the referenced document(s.).
A searchable index of testators linked to original wills proved in the civil probate court at Chester. This collection is not limited to residents of Cheshire.
Sandbach Immigration & Travel Records
Abstracts of poor law cases in Cheshire quarter sessions, covering events such as removals, settlement, bastardy and vagrancy.
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Sandbach Military Records
A history of the English Civil War from a Cheshire perspective.
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Details on around 165,000 men serving in the British Army, Navy and Air Force who were held as prisoners during WWII.
Index and original images of over 5 million medal index cards for British soldiers It can be searched by individual's name, Coprs, Unit and Regiment. Due to the loss of many WWI service records, this is the most complete source for British WWI soldiers
This rich collection contains contains records for 1.9 million non-commissioned officers and other ranks who fought in WWI. Due to bomb damage in WWI, around 60% of service records were lost. Documents cover: enlistment, medical status, injuries, conduct, awards and discharge. A great deal of genealogical and biographical documentation can be found in these documents, including details on entire families, physical descriptions and place of birth.
Sandbach Court & Legal Records
An index to over 50,000 records detailing admissions and discharges to government poor houses in Cheshire. The index is linked to digital images of the records, which may record name, birth year, religion, occupation, name of informant and details of admission, death or discharge.
Registers recording the admission of over 12,000 people for poor relief in Cheshire. Records include name, birth year, parish, occupation, religion, reason for admission and more.
Transcripts of records assessing the estates of the monarch's direct tenants. Contains details of estates and families.
A collection of financial records maintained by the English Exchequer relating to Cheshire.
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording the baptism of workhouse inmates' children.
Sandbach Taxation Records
A list of those in the hundred who were taxed for the privilege of owning or occupying properties with hearths.
A list of those in the hundred who were levied to finance the dissolution of the New Model Army.
Around 500 maps that record land ownership down to individual fields. These are referenced to documents to record landowners, occupiers, field names, land use and rents due.
An index to over 2 million names listed in records detailing land ownership and occupation in Cheshire. These records can be used to trace land ownership and succession to leases. Contains digital images of original records.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Sandbach Land & Property Records
A full name index, connected to original images of the registers. These records list those who were eligible to vote and may give a description of an individual's property.
Around 500 maps that record land ownership down to individual fields. These are referenced to documents to record landowners, occupiers, field names, land use and rents due.
An index to over 2 million names listed in records detailing land ownership and occupation in Cheshire. These records can be used to trace land ownership and succession to leases. Contains digital images of original records.
Transcripts of records that detail the lives and lands of Cheshire and Lancashire landholders.
Transcripts of records assessing the estates of the monarch's direct tenants. Contains details of estates and families.
Sandbach Directories & Gazetteers
A directory of the county detailing its history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A directory of settlements in Cheshire detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A directory of settlements in Cheshire detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
Sandbach Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Cheshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Transcriptions of several thousand headstones in the county of Cheshire.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Sandbach Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Sandbach Histories & Books
A database of over 20,000 images recording places and events in Cheshire. Images can be searched by meta-data.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
A history of two Northern counties from the Germanic invasion to the Victorian period.
Photographs and images of churches in Cheshire.
A history of the English Civil War from a Cheshire perspective.
Sandbach School & Education Records
An index to over 400,000 pupils extracted from Cheshire school records. Includes names of parents and residences.
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
Sandbach Occupation & Business Records
An introduction to smuggling on the west coast of Britain & the Isle of Man, with details of the act in various regions.
Profiles of coal and metal mines in the Midlands region of England.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
An index to and images of registers recording over 3.7 million trade union members.
Books listing doctors who were licensed to operate in Britain and abroad. Contains doctor's residencies, qualification and date of registration.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Sandbach
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Sandbach Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Transcripts of records that detail the lives and lands of Cheshire and Lancashire landholders.
Photographs and descriptions of Cheshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Sandbach Church Records
The parish registers of Sandbach are a collection of books essentially documenting births, marriages and deaths. Their records can assist tracing a family as far back as 1562.
Digital images of registers that record baptisms, which typically occur shortly after birth; marriages and burials. The registers can be searched by name and can help establish links between individuals back to the 16th century.
Registers recording the admission of over 12,000 people for poor relief in Cheshire. Records include name, birth year, parish, occupation, religion, reason for admission and more.
An index to over 2 million entries from baptism, marriages and burials sent by parishes to be held by the Bishop of Chester.
A list of 16th century Anglican clergy in the Diocese of Chester.
Biographical Directories Covering Sandbach
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Sandbach Maps
Around 500 maps that record land ownership down to individual fields. These are referenced to documents to record landowners, occupiers, field names, land use and rents due.
A collection of digitalised maps covering the county.
A series of maps depicting the county and routes passing through it.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
Sandbach Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
Sandbach, pleasantly situate on an eminence, near the little river Wheelock; it was made a market-town in the seventeenth century by its lord, Sir John Radcliff, of Ordsall, in Lancashire, whose ancestors had long possessed the manor.
There are two square crosses in the market-place, ornamented with various images, and a carved representation of the Crucifixion.
Sandbach was formerly noted for its fine ale, and a considerable quantity of woollen yarn and coarse stuffs were manufactured by the inhabitants; but of late years the business of the place has very much decreased.
Brereton Hall, near Sandbach, the seat of Bracebridge, Esq. was formerly the seat of the family of Brereton, one of whom, Sir William Brereton, knight, erected a magnificent edifice here, about the middle of the sixteenth century. Near this estate is Bagmere, a noted pool, in which, according to the tradition of the neighbourhood, trunks of trees were observed to rise and float for several days previous to the death of an heir of the Breretons.
About four miles to the south-west of Sandbach is Crewe Hall, the seat of John Crewe, Esq; it was erected in the reign of James the First, by Sir Randle Crewe, who is said to have introduced the first model of good building into this county. The mansion is a very fine structure, and was erected from a design given by Inigo Jones; but it was repaired after the Civil Wars, during which it sustained two assaults, having been occupied both by the troops of the Parliament and those of the King. The gardens, which are judiciously laid out, are enriched with plantations.
SANDBACH is a market town, township and parish, with a station on the London and North Western railway, 1 ½ miles west, and in the parish of Elworth, 162 miles from London, 26 ½ east-south-east from Chester, 7 west from Congleton, 4 ¾ north-east from Crewe, 49 from Liverpool, 26 from Macclesfield, 26 ½ from Manchester, 5 east-by-south from Middlewich and 21 from Stockport, in the Crewe division of the county, hundred of Northwich, Sandbach section of Northwich petty sessional division, union and county court district of Congleton, rural deanery of Congleton, archdeaconry of Macclesfield and diocese of Chester. The town is on the Trent and Mersey Canal and the small river Wheelock, which supplies water-power to the largest of the silk mills.
The “Local Government Act, 1858,” was adopted by the township April 4, 1862, but under the provisions of the “Local Government Act, 1894” (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) the town is governed by a District Council of 15 members; it is lighted with gas by a company, from works in Union street erected in 1847, and well supplied with pure water, also from works the property of the Urban District Council, constructed in 1891 by the late Local Board, at a cost of £7,000: the water gravitates from springs at Taxmere, a district about 1 ½ miles from the works, and after being purified &c. is forced into a water tower, 68 feet high, with reservoirs, holding 65,000 gallons, and from thence, descends into the mains which supply the town. Some of the streets in the more ancient part are narrow, but since the increase of manufactures the thoroughfares have been considerably improved; the town is remarkably clean and the houses well built, The parish church of St. Mary, standing on an eminence, is an embattled edifice of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, with north and south chapels, clerestoried nave, aisles, south porch, and an open arched tower at the west end with pinnacles, containing 8 bells and a clock with chimes and illuminated dials on the north and south, presented in 1890 by Henry Holbrook esq. in memory of his mother, Elizabeth, and other members of his family: the building was recased outside, and extended at the east end 40 feet, and the tower rebuilt from, the foundation in the years 1847—8—9, at a cost of £6,000: the font is of Caen stone, and all the fittings of oak: the east window and seventeen others are stained: there is a monument to the Rev. John Armitstead M.A. vicar 1828—65, with a three-quarter length figure habited in a surplice: the monument is of white marble, and was executed in 1876 by G. F. Watts R.A. and George Nelson, sculptors; it was the gift of the late Charles Hilditch Rickards esq. of Manchester: there are other memorials to George William Latham esq. M.P., J.P. of Bradwall Hall, d. 1886, erected by his tenantry; Elizabeth Anne, d. 1839, wife of John Latham esq, of Bradwall, and their 3 children; to the Rev. John Sibson, many years curate here, d. 1796, and to the Twemlow, Day and Salisbury families (1776—1889): the church affords 1,000 sittings, of which 500 are free. The register dates from the year 1562. The living is a vicarage, average yearly value from tithe rent-charge £892, net income £990, with 60 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of and held since 1865 by the Rev. John Richard Armitstead M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford.
The Catholic church, built in 1865, and dedicated to St. Winefride, is served from Middlewich.
There are also Wesleyan Methodist, United Methodist, Primitive Methodist and Congregational chapels.
A piece of land has been added to the churchyard, which was controlled by a Burial Board, but it is now managed by a joint committed of Sandbach Urban District Council and Betchton Parish Council.
The Town and Market Hall, High street (the property of the township), erected in 1889 at a cost of £5,000, from plans by Mr. T. Bowyer, architect, is of red brick with stone dressings in the Early Gothic style, and contains a spacious market hall, a large hall occasionally used for balls, concerts and public meetings, and holding about 800, and an office for the rate collector; at the south-west angle is a square tower, with octagonal turret, containing a clock with illuminated dials on three sides, presented by Mrs. Jane Court, late of Wheelock House, in memory of her relatives, the Peover family. The retail market is also held here every Thursday and Saturday. The foundation stone was laid 2nd July, 1889, by Lord Crewe, by whom also the site and market tolls were given to the town.
The Old Town Hall, which formerly stood in the square, was demolished in 1891.
The Temperance Hall, in Scotch Commons, a plain red brick building holding 300 persons, is at present (1896) used as an Infant School in connection with the National School.
The Literary and Scientific Institution, High town, erected in 1857 at a cost of £2,700, is a structure of brick ornamented with stone in the Perpendicular style, from plans by the late Sir G. Gilbert Scott R.A. and contains on the ground floor a reading room and library of 1,500 volumes, and on the first floor a large room in which the petty sessions, county court and meetings of the Highway Board are held.
The County Police Station, Bold street, erected 1857 at a cost of £800, is an edifice of brick and stone, comprising offices, cells and a residence for the chief officer.
The Fire Station, on Scotch Commons, erected in 1873, is a plain structure of red brick, and consists of engine house only.
The G Company, 5th Battalion Cheshire Regiment, about 94 rank and file; head quarters at Congleton. The rifle butts are at Arclid, about 1 ½ miles from Sandbach. The armoury is on Scotch commons.
The Savings Bank, at the west end of High street, a building in the Elizabethan style, was erected in 1854, from funds accumulated in the hands of the actuary of the bank.
The chief trade is in salt, chemicals and fustian cutting. Boots and shoes are also manufactured, and there are brine springs, extensive salt works, and steam and water corn, mills in the parish.
The town was formerly celebrated for the goodness of its malt liquor, and worsted yarn and stuffs for country wear were manufactured in large quantities by its inhabitants. Sir John Ratcliff, of Ordsall, in Lancashire, in 1578 obtained the grant of a market, to be held on Thursday, and two fairs to be held on the Tuesday and Wednesday in Easter week, and on Thursday and Friday before the nativity of Our Lady: the market is still held on Thursday, and fairs are held on Easter Tuesday, the first Thursday after the 11th of September and the 28th of December; the latter is a great cattle and pleasure fair, and on the same day is a statute fair for hiring servants.
The market place contains two ancient obelisks or crosses, respectively 16 feet 8 inches and 11 feet 11 inches in height, independently of the platform on which they stand, which increases the height from the level to 22 feet 2 inches: the faces of the obelisks are covered with rude figures and scrolls of foliage; amongst the former may be clearly traced representations of the “Birth” and “Crucifixion” of Our Lord, which seem to give authority to a statement in the “Catholic Magazine” that “They were put up in the year 608, when Penda returned as a Christian convert from Northumbria, attended by four prices deputed to preach the Gospel through his dominions.”
Sandbach Old Hall, erected in 1656, is a fine example of the timber-framed buildings common to this county, and is now a well-conducted hostelry, known as “The Old Hall Inn.”
The Consolidated charities, consisting of houses and land, producing about £2,000 yearly, are distributed annually as follows:-£350 yearly for 20 alms people; £200 for the deserving poor of the parish, £120 for 12 out-pensioners, £100 to the National school, £1 to the chapel wardens of Church Hulme, £2 to the chapel wardens of Goosetry, £3 3s. to the clergyman of Sandbach for Wheelock sermons, 5s. each to the clerk and sexton of Sandbach, and the greater portion of the remainder to the Grammar school. There are also charities in addition to the above, amounting to about £49 yearly, derived from various sources, and distributed every year by the churchwardens of Sandbach as follows, viz.:-£20 in bread on St. Thomas’s day to the poor of the parish, £4 in shillings to 80 poor people, £5 in food for poor sick persons, £19 in bread to the poor attending the parish church on Sunday mornings, and 10s. to the churchwardens of Wheelock and Hassall.
The Almshouses on the Hill were erected in 1865—7 at a total cost of about £2,600, from plans by the late Mr. Thomas Stringer, architect, of Sandbach, and endowed from the Sandbach Consolidated charities. They are arranged for 20 inmates (either men or women), elected by the governors of the above charities, each having an allowance of 6s. per week.
A skirmish took place here in 1651 between the inhabitants’ and the Scotch cavalry commanded by Maj.-Gen. David Leslie, who was then on his retreat after the battle of Worcester, 3 September, 1651. It is thus described in No. 66 of the “Mercurius Politicus”: “They so managed the business that, when the Scots offered to fire, they ran into their houses, and as soon as that party was past which had the pistols and powder, they fell upon the remainder of the troops, and continued pealing and billing them during the passage of all their horse.”
The Earl of Crewe P.C. is lord of the manor, and holds annually a court leet and baron for the manor at the Old Hall inn.
The parish comprises the townships of Arclid, Bradwall, Blackden, Cotton, Cranage, Leese, Rudheath, Sandbach, Hassall, Twemlow, Wheelock, Betchton, with the chapelries of Church Hulme and Goostrey-cum-Barnshaw.
The area of the township is 2,676 acres of land and 18 of water; rateable value, £18,673; the population in 1891 of the township and urban district was 5,824. The population of Sandbach ecclesiastical parish in 1891 was 4,551 and of Sandbach Heath, 973.
Ettiley Heath is a place in Sandbach parish. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel, erected in 1888.
Petty Sessions are held at the Public Institute every alternate Monday at 11 a.m.; also at Congleton & Middlewich, & occasional Courts are held at Alsager & Scholar Green Police Station The following places are in the Sandbach section of the Petty Sessional division:-Alsager, Arclid, Betchton, Blackden, Bradwall, Brereton, Church Hulme, Church Lawton, Elton, Hassall, Moston, Sandbach, Twemlow and Wheelock.
Places of Worship, with times of Services
St. Mary’s Church, Rev. John Richard Armitstead M.A. vicar; 10.30 a., & 6.30 p.m.; 1st Sun. in month, 10.30 a.m. (holy communion); 3 & 6.30 p.m.
St. John’s Church, Sandbach heath, Rev. Henry Sidney Armitstead M.A. vicar; 10.30 a.m. & 2.45 p.m.; holy communion, 10.30 a.m. 1st sun. in month.
St. Mary’s Catholic Chapel, Union street, Rev. James O’Grady; 9.45 a.m. Fortnightly.
Congregational, Hope street, Rev. John F. Houghton, 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.15 p.m.
Schools
The Grammar school, in the Wheelock road, erected at a cost of £5,000, & opened in 1849, is a building in the Early English style, with a frontage of 210 feet, & contains headmaster’s residence, school room, class rooms, laboratory, gymnasium & dormitories for boarders; it is endowed with about £750 yearly, from which) £200 yearly is awarded in scholarships & £120 in exhibitions to the Universities; there are now (1896) 110 boys; George Henry Heslop M.A. of Christ’s College, Cambridge.
National, The Square, built in 1841, for 350 boys & 350 girls; average attendance, 205 boys & 156 girls.
Infants’, Temperance hall, Scotch commons, for 200 children; average attendance, 120.
National, Sandbach heath, erected 1866 & enlarged 1891, for 120 boys & girls (mixed) & 80 infants; average attendance, 130.
Wesleyan, Chapel street (mixed), erected in 1874, for 250 boys & girls & 120 infants; average attendance, 190 boys & girls & 90 infants.
Most Common Surnames in Sandbach
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Northwich Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lea | 105 | 1:85 | 14.11% | 128 |
| 2 | Johnson | 93 | 1:96 | 2.24% | 6 |
| 2 | Booth | 93 | 1:96 | 3.50% | 16 |
| 4 | Mason | 80 | 1:111 | 6.68% | 56 |
| 5 | Shaw | 77 | 1:115 | 2.93% | 17 |
| 6 | Davies | 71 | 1:125 | 1.25% | 3 |
| 7 | Brown | 69 | 1:129 | 2.20% | 12 |
| 7 | Wright | 69 | 1:129 | 2.25% | 13 |
| 9 | Dean | 66 | 1:135 | 3.82% | 32 |
| 10 | Wood | 65 | 1:137 | 1.84% | 10 |
| 11 | Bailey | 63 | 1:141 | 3.12% | 26 |
| 11 | Cooke | 63 | 1:141 | 5.70% | 66 |
| 13 | Morris | 60 | 1:148 | 3.48% | 33 |
| 13 | Allcock | 60 | 1:148 | 17.14% | 342 |
| 15 | Ryder | 58 | 1:153 | 21.09% | 452 |
| 16 | Beech | 56 | 1:159 | 11.05% | 219 |
| 17 | Jones | 55 | 1:162 | 0.51% | 1 |
| 18 | Gibson | 53 | 1:168 | 6.75% | 112 |
| 18 | Condliffe | 53 | 1:168 | 58.24% | 1,202 |
| 20 | Lees | 52 | 1:171 | 6.00% | 104 |
| 20 | Egerton | 52 | 1:171 | 12.78% | 288 |
| 22 | Smith | 51 | 1:174 | 0.71% | 2 |
| 23 | Thorley | 48 | 1:185 | 18.11% | 464 |
| 24 | Wakefield | 46 | 1:193 | 12.60% | 327 |
| 25 | Holland | 45 | 1:197 | 2.71% | 35 |
| 25 | Farr | 45 | 1:197 | 33.33% | 892 |
| 27 | Evans | 44 | 1:202 | 1.61% | 15 |
| 27 | Robinson | 44 | 1:202 | 1.39% | 11 |
| 29 | Smallwood | 42 | 1:212 | 15.97% | 471 |
| 29 | Bickerton | 42 | 1:212 | 16.54% | 481 |
| 29 | Brereton | 42 | 1:212 | 9.25% | 254 |
| 29 | Pierpoint | 42 | 1:212 | 31.58% | 906 |
| 29 | Boffey | 42 | 1:212 | 18.67% | 553 |
| 34 | Barber | 41 | 1:217 | 3.16% | 51 |
| 34 | Broad | 41 | 1:217 | 28.67% | 850 |
| 34 | Bostock | 41 | 1:217 | 6.79% | 172 |
| 37 | Hall | 40 | 1:222 | 1.90% | 24 |
| 38 | Burgess | 39 | 1:228 | 1.80% | 23 |
| 39 | Dale | 38 | 1:234 | 3.02% | 54 |
| 40 | Fletcher | 37 | 1:240 | 3.32% | 63 |
| 40 | Stubbs | 37 | 1:240 | 3.54% | 72 |
| 40 | Palin | 37 | 1:240 | 6.76% | 198 |
| 43 | Walker | 36 | 1:247 | 1.25% | 14 |
| 43 | Harrison | 36 | 1:247 | 1.55% | 19 |
| 45 | Williams | 35 | 1:254 | 0.62% | 4 |
| 45 | Clarke | 35 | 1:254 | 1.47% | 18 |
| 45 | Buckley | 35 | 1:254 | 2.14% | 37 |
| 45 | Warburton | 35 | 1:254 | 2.98% | 57 |
| 45 | Bayley | 35 | 1:254 | 4.59% | 120 |
| 45 | Snelson | 35 | 1:254 | 11.18% | 391 |
| 51 | Bossons | 34 | 1:261 | 34.34% | 1,124 |
| 52 | Tomkinson | 33 | 1:269 | 6.85% | 231 |
| 52 | Clowes | 33 | 1:269 | 13.41% | 500 |
| 54 | Cotton | 32 | 1:278 | 18.93% | 737 |
| 54 | Street | 32 | 1:278 | 9.20% | 348 |
| 54 | Beckett | 32 | 1:278 | 8.08% | 295 |
| 57 | Cooper | 31 | 1:287 | 1.38% | 22 |
| 57 | Newton | 31 | 1:287 | 2.42% | 53 |
| 57 | Whittaker | 31 | 1:287 | 3.44% | 96 |
| 57 | Hancock | 31 | 1:287 | 4.87% | 154 |
| 57 | Eaton | 31 | 1:287 | 4.76% | 149 |
| 62 | Allen | 30 | 1:296 | 3.06% | 82 |
| 62 | Forster | 30 | 1:296 | 4.82% | 163 |
| 62 | Steele | 30 | 1:296 | 5.76% | 214 |
| 62 | Hodgkinson | 30 | 1:296 | 5.24% | 190 |
| 62 | Maddock | 30 | 1:296 | 4.12% | 129 |
| 67 | Lewis | 29 | 1:306 | 1.80% | 38 |
| 67 | Proudlove | 29 | 1:306 | 21.48% | 892 |
| 69 | Potts | 28 | 1:317 | 2.10% | 48 |
| 69 | Latham | 28 | 1:317 | 3.58% | 114 |
| 71 | Taylor | 27 | 1:329 | 0.53% | 5 |
| 71 | Wilkinson | 27 | 1:329 | 1.44% | 28 |
| 71 | Minshull | 27 | 1:329 | 10.23% | 468 |
| 74 | Thompson | 26 | 1:342 | 1.47% | 31 |
| 74 | Lowe | 26 | 1:342 | 2.22% | 59 |
| 74 | Bateman | 26 | 1:342 | 12.62% | 611 |
| 74 | Plant | 26 | 1:342 | 4.77% | 199 |
| 74 | Hilditch | 26 | 1:342 | 11.45% | 542 |
| 74 | Baskerville | 26 | 1:342 | 14.77% | 714 |
| 80 | Higgins | 25 | 1:355 | 4.02% | 163 |
| 80 | Barratt | 25 | 1:355 | 5.91% | 275 |
| 80 | Duckworth | 25 | 1:355 | 11.68% | 579 |
| 80 | Davenport | 25 | 1:355 | 1.93% | 52 |
| 80 | Sherratt | 25 | 1:355 | 6.41% | 304 |
| 80 | Jinks | 25 | 1:355 | 21.01% | 986 |
| 80 | Peover | 25 | 1:355 | 42.37% | 1,609 |
| 87 | Thomas | 24 | 1:370 | 1.29% | 29 |
| 87 | Turner | 24 | 1:370 | 1.22% | 27 |
| 87 | Sutton | 24 | 1:370 | 2.47% | 83 |
| 87 | Carson | 24 | 1:370 | 18.90% | 936 |
| 87 | Colclough | 24 | 1:370 | 17.39% | 876 |
| 87 | Gallimore | 24 | 1:370 | 9.49% | 484 |
| 93 | Roberts | 23 | 1:386 | 0.63% | 8 |
| 93 | Heathcote | 23 | 1:386 | 10.00% | 535 |
| 93 | Sherwin | 23 | 1:386 | 22.12% | 1,089 |
| 93 | Walley | 23 | 1:386 | 6.61% | 348 |
| 97 | Chapman | 22 | 1:404 | 4.95% | 259 |
| 97 | Barker | 22 | 1:404 | 2.38% | 93 |
| 97 | Fox | 22 | 1:404 | 3.70% | 176 |
| 97 | Mellor | 22 | 1:404 | 1.98% | 65 |
| 97 | Woolley | 22 | 1:404 | 3.24% | 145 |
| 97 | Warrington | 22 | 1:404 | 6.09% | 332 |
| 97 | Foden | 22 | 1:404 | 5.71% | 309 |
| 97 | Twemlow | 22 | 1:404 | 37.93% | 1,642 |
| 97 | Ollerhead | 22 | 1:404 | 25.58% | 1,246 |
| 106 | Clough | 21 | 1:423 | 6.10% | 360 |
| 106 | Hulme | 21 | 1:423 | 1.57% | 47 |
| 106 | Thornhill | 21 | 1:423 | 16.03% | 917 |
| 106 | Birchenough | 21 | 1:423 | 7.55% | 446 |
| 106 | Elsby | 21 | 1:423 | 32.31% | 1,510 |
| 111 | Walton | 20 | 1:444 | 2.16% | 92 |
| 111 | Cross | 20 | 1:444 | 3.08% | 151 |
| 111 | Bullock | 20 | 1:444 | 4.98% | 291 |
| 111 | Hatton | 20 | 1:444 | 3.20% | 162 |
| 111 | Hampton | 20 | 1:444 | 31.75% | 1,544 |
| 111 | Parrott | 20 | 1:444 | 11.36% | 714 |
| 111 | Arrowsmith | 20 | 1:444 | 6.64% | 414 |
| 111 | Venables | 20 | 1:444 | 7.22% | 449 |
| 111 | Bebbington | 20 | 1:444 | 2.92% | 140 |
| 111 | Bratt | 20 | 1:444 | 9.22% | 571 |
| 111 | Yoxall | 20 | 1:444 | 13.07% | 809 |
| 111 | Coppenhall | 20 | 1:444 | 51.28% | 2,180 |
| 123 | Hill | 19 | 1:468 | 1.39% | 46 |
| 123 | Bennett | 19 | 1:468 | 0.85% | 21 |
| 123 | Burrows | 19 | 1:468 | 3.18% | 175 |
| 123 | Brotherton | 19 | 1:468 | 42.22% | 1,967 |
| 123 | Henshall | 19 | 1:468 | 3.02% | 157 |
| 123 | Tremlow | 19 | 1:468 | 86.36% | 3,101 |
| 129 | Hughes | 18 | 1:494 | 0.50% | 9 |
| 129 | Ford | 18 | 1:494 | 2.60% | 138 |
| 129 | Griffin | 18 | 1:494 | 10.00% | 693 |
| 129 | Jepson | 18 | 1:494 | 5.00% | 333 |
| 129 | Bagnall | 18 | 1:494 | 17.48% | 1,095 |
| 129 | Ollier | 18 | 1:494 | 8.61% | 597 |
| 129 | Skellon | 18 | 1:494 | 56.25% | 2,426 |
| 136 | Baker | 17 | 1:523 | 1.69% | 76 |
| 136 | Dunn | 17 | 1:523 | 4.03% | 277 |
| 136 | Moss | 17 | 1:523 | 1.42% | 55 |
| 136 | Bray | 17 | 1:523 | 10.00% | 734 |
| 136 | Leech | 17 | 1:523 | 2.86% | 178 |
| 136 | Oakes | 17 | 1:523 | 2.57% | 148 |
| 136 | Harrop | 17 | 1:523 | 2.26% | 123 |
| 136 | Leese | 17 | 1:523 | 24.64% | 1,442 |
| 136 | Mainwaring | 17 | 1:523 | 16.50% | 1,095 |
| 145 | Webb | 16 | 1:555 | 1.98% | 111 |
| 145 | Poole | 16 | 1:555 | 2.98% | 207 |
| 145 | Barrow | 16 | 1:555 | 4.41% | 329 |
| 145 | Swain | 16 | 1:555 | 7.51% | 582 |
| 145 | Boon | 16 | 1:555 | 9.94% | 766 |
| 145 | Dakin | 16 | 1:555 | 11.19% | 850 |
| 145 | Hassall | 16 | 1:555 | 3.43% | 245 |
| 145 | Hocknell | 16 | 1:555 | 28.07% | 1,664 |
| 145 | Prophett | 16 | 1:555 | 69.57% | 3,023 |
| 154 | Green | 15 | 1:592 | 0.83% | 30 |
| 154 | Phillips | 15 | 1:592 | 2.07% | 130 |
| 154 | Carter | 15 | 1:592 | 1.49% | 75 |
| 154 | Frost | 15 | 1:592 | 4.57% | 373 |
| 154 | Brookes | 15 | 1:592 | 4.01% | 320 |
| 154 | Patrick | 15 | 1:592 | 24.59% | 1,577 |
| 154 | Finney | 15 | 1:592 | 10.07% | 832 |
| 154 | Seaman | 15 | 1:592 | 50.00% | 2,534 |
| 154 | Pass | 15 | 1:592 | 11.81% | 936 |
| 154 | Goodier | 15 | 1:592 | 4.67% | 384 |
| 154 | Gorst | 15 | 1:592 | 9.20% | 756 |
| 154 | Tench | 15 | 1:592 | 39.47% | 2,216 |
| 166 | Wilson | 14 | 1:635 | 0.69% | 25 |
| 166 | Jackson | 14 | 1:635 | 0.36% | 7 |
| 166 | Edwards | 14 | 1:635 | 0.61% | 20 |
| 166 | Cook | 14 | 1:635 | 1.79% | 113 |
| 166 | Richardson | 14 | 1:635 | 1.45% | 85 |
| 166 | Riley | 14 | 1:635 | 1.57% | 99 |
| 166 | Tomlinson | 14 | 1:635 | 1.57% | 98 |
| 166 | Groves | 14 | 1:635 | 7.57% | 672 |
| 166 | Timmins | 14 | 1:635 | 17.50% | 1,315 |
| 166 | Lunt | 14 | 1:635 | 4.84% | 431 |
| 166 | Longworth | 14 | 1:635 | 25.93% | 1,728 |
| 166 | Jukes | 14 | 1:635 | 34.15% | 2,098 |
| 166 | Pedley | 14 | 1:635 | 7.73% | 687 |
| 166 | Careless | 14 | 1:635 | 53.85% | 2,802 |
| 166 | Eachus | 14 | 1:635 | 34.15% | 2,098 |
| 181 | Simpson | 13 | 1:684 | 1.34% | 84 |
| 181 | Lee | 13 | 1:684 | 0.91% | 43 |
| 181 | Price | 13 | 1:684 | 0.79% | 36 |
| 181 | Hodgson | 13 | 1:684 | 5.73% | 542 |
| 181 | Yates | 13 | 1:684 | 1.93% | 146 |
| 181 | Hough | 13 | 1:684 | 1.23% | 70 |
| 181 | Bowyer | 13 | 1:684 | 4.11% | 390 |
| 181 | Stockton | 13 | 1:684 | 2.50% | 215 |
| 181 | Capper | 13 | 1:684 | 2.80% | 246 |
| 181 | Cawley | 13 | 1:684 | 4.30% | 410 |
| 181 | Byford | 13 | 1:684 | 76.47% | 3,683 |
| 181 | Chesters | 13 | 1:684 | 3.05% | 272 |
| 181 | Carless | 13 | 1:684 | 30.23% | 2,043 |
| 181 | Ledwards | 13 | 1:684 | 32.50% | 2,141 |
| 195 | Page | 12 | 1:741 | 8.00% | 828 |
| 195 | Dickinson | 12 | 1:741 | 3.64% | 371 |
| 195 | Gough | 12 | 1:741 | 3.70% | 379 |
| 195 | Massey | 12 | 1:741 | 1.19% | 76 |
| 195 | Stringer | 12 | 1:741 | 4.76% | 488 |
| 195 | Large | 12 | 1:741 | 6.70% | 700 |
| 195 | Darlington | 12 | 1:741 | 1.93% | 165 |
| 195 | Horsfield | 12 | 1:741 | 8.28% | 843 |
| 195 | Norbury | 12 | 1:741 | 2.53% | 235 |
| 195 | Allman | 12 | 1:741 | 3.19% | 317 |
| 195 | Podmore | 12 | 1:741 | 12.24% | 1,130 |
| 195 | Stonier | 12 | 1:741 | 12.00% | 1,116 |
| 195 | Skerratt | 12 | 1:741 | 14.29% | 1,266 |
| 195 | Bosson | 12 | 1:741 | 24.49% | 1,847 |
| 195 | Rosson | 12 | 1:741 | 63.16% | 3,413 |
| 195 | Armitstead | 12 | 1:741 | 92.31% | 4,418 |
| 195 | Harthan | 12 | 1:741 | 63.16% | 3,413 |