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possible change of name for a town??

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Garstonite

Garstonite Report 25 Nov 2007 08:13

hi...i`m researching a person born in SWANLOW cheshire in 1730' i`ve been on mapquest uk and they don`t have this town on record..i have ancestors from `poulton cum spittle`...this is now called `bebington`...is it possible SWANLOW changed its name,??the only other thing i can think of is `stanlow`....anyone any ideas??..i have put this request on rootschat as well,but no answer as yet....thanks and regards....allan

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 25 Nov 2007 08:50

Try googling for Cheshire history or Cheshire place names and sww what comes up. Locally to me lots of names have changed slightly over the centuries so quite possibly Swanlow did change its name

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 25 Nov 2007 08:54

Swanlow, Cheshire is recorded as that name until 1901 census at least. see:

www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Cheshire/towns/Swanlow.html

Pete

Pete Report 25 Nov 2007 10:15

See:

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/over.html

It is apparently a hamlet that forms part of Over, which in turn forms part of Winsford

TiddlyBow

TiddlyBow Report 25 Nov 2007 14:25

Allan.

This is from a record, just confirming what the others have said.

"Jonathan was a butcher who lived in the Swanlow hamlet near Over Parish in Cheshire, England. He and his family survived in the "Cottage" industry around the parish".

He died in1733.

Researching:
Gunn Inverness. Graham Inverness. Buckley Inverness, Scotland,, Canada & England.

Linda

Linda Report 25 Nov 2007 20:23

Hi Allan
Who are you looking for?.
I live in Winsford and the local library holds some parish records.Swanlow lane is a short walk away from were i live.I could check out St Chads parish records for you.
Regards Linda