Christening at St Werburgh's, Chester, Cheshire, England

[silvery]

The cathedral is St Werburgh's.    St Oswald's is the name of the parish.
There also used to be a church, St Oswald's in Queen Street, which is only a hop skip and jump from the cathedral,  (but now you have to go through BHS or Tesco to get there    )

 

[Martin Briscoe]

OK thanks, just caught my eye whilst looking for the RC church.

Martin

[Tim Holl]

For what its worth, I also have a baptism from St. Werburgh's chapel from 1841. It shows the priest as Edward Carbery, he shows up on the 1851 census at Queens street. St. John Parrish, Chester. Not sure where this is.
At the risk of beating a dead horse, found the following, (which answers my question about the location of St. Werburgh's church prior to 1875), at:
http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/documentxsl.asp?com=1&i=6&nbKey=1&stylesheet=xsl\A2A_com.xsl&keyword=st%20werburgh&properties=0601;
   ST. WERBURGH'S R.C. JUNIOR SCHOOL
      hit[from Administrative History] St. Werburgh's R.C. School was built in Queen Street in 1854. The Roman Catholic Church of St. Werburgh was opened in Queen Street in 1799, and classes were probably held before a school was built in 1854. Additional school buildings were erected in 1870. A new church was built in Grosvenor Park Road in 1875. In 1967 St. Werburgh's juniors moved into the premises in Love Street, vacated by the girls of Love Street School. St. Werburgh's infants remained in Queen Street until 1968, when a new infant school opened in Westminster Road, Hoole.
ALSO:
Roman Catholic Church, St Werburgh parish, Chester

[from Administrative History]  The Queens Street chapel, predecessor of St Werburgh, was erected after 1796 by the Rev Thomas Penswick, although there is evidence of the existence of a priest in Chester before this date. By the 1860s, the chapel had become unable to cater for the growing congregation, and St Werburgh was built in 1875, and extended between 1904 and 1914.

[Jo Harding]

Hello there,

You may find it worthwhile to contact the Chester Heritage and History Centre on Bridge St Row, Chester. This is housed in the old St Michael's Church. They have their own archive, including a Digital Image Bank, specifically on Chester City itself.

 Their web site is: http://www.chester.gov.uk/tourism_and_leisure/culture_and_leisure/chester_history_and_heritage.aspx

E-Mail: chh-- at --chester.gov.uk

Queens Street still exists and is in Chester city centre. There are 2 churches there, one of which just has the front remaining and this forms the back entrance to Tesco. The other is known as Queen Street Christian Centre and I thnik this was a Welsh Methodist church originally.

Good luck.

Jo.


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[Martin Briscoe]

Hello there,

You may find it worthwhile to contact the Chester Heritage and History Centre on Bridge St Row, Chester. This is housed in the old St Michael's Church. They have their own archive, including a Digital Image Bank, specifically on Chester City itself.

 Their web site is: http://www.chester.gov.uk/tourism_and_leisure/culture_and_leisure/chester_history_and_heritage.aspx

E-Mail: chh-- at --chester.gov.uk

Queens Street still exists and is in Chester city centre. There are 2 churches there, one of which just has the front remaining and this forms the back entrance to Tesco. The other is known as Queen Street Christian Centre and I thnik this was a Welsh Methodist church originally.

Good luck.

Jo.


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Thanks, just be nice to have a picture. I got the details of the baptism record from the archives.

I have now found that my theory she was widow and returned to England after her husband's death was incorrect.

She was probably born in Ireland emigrated to Canada.  Mark was in the 68th Regiments which returned to England in 1844 soon after the Baptism of their son.  They were at various places in England until moving to Chester in 1847.  My Great Grandmother was born there and Baptised at St Werburgh's around the time that the regiment went to Ireland.  He died/killed in Ireland the following year.  I must get stuck into seeing if I can find any more in Ireland but might have a look at the regimental archive in Durham first.

Martin Briscoe

[Martin Briscoe]

Their links to the Chester Image Bank just go to a commercial / advertising / SPAM site

I have sent them an EMail to let them know

Martin Briscoe

[Martin Briscoe]

They link to

http://www.chesterimagebank.com/

The real URL is

http://chesterimagebank.org.uk/

[leanora]

For what its worth, I also have a baptism from St. Werburgh's chapel from 1841. It shows the priest as Edward Carbery, he shows up on the 1851 census at Queens street. St. John Parrish, Chester. Not sure where this is.
At the risk of beating a dead horse, found the following, (which answers my question about the location of St. Werburgh's church prior to 1875), at:
http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/documentxsl.asp?com=1&i=6&nbKey=1&stylesheet=xsl\A2A_com.xsl&keyword=st%20werburgh&properties=0601;
 

 St John's parish I believe is Refering to St John's Church  which is the church next to the park in Chester in Little St John Street or off St John street  some resident of chester refert to the road by both names