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Society of Friends; Cheshire, later Cheshire and Staffordshire Quarterly Meeting
Catalogue reference: EFC 1
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This record is about the Society of Friends; Cheshire, later Cheshire and Staffordshire Quarterly Meeting dating from 1665-1859.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- EFC 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Society of Friends; Cheshire, later Cheshire and Staffordshire Quarterly Meeting
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1665-1859
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Description (What the record is about)
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These records, the older records inherited by the Cheshire Monthly Meeting, were formerly kept in the strong room of Wilmslow Meeting House. They relate to Cheshire and Staffordshire, 1665-1831, to Staffordshire and the eastern part of Cheshire 1831-1854, and to eastern Cheshire only from 1854-1906.
Quarterly Meetings
1. Cheshire, later Cheshire and Staffordshire. 1665-1859.
Monthly Meetings
2. Morley. 1677-1831.
3. Low Leighton. 1685/6-1735.
4. Frandley. 1670-1795.
5. Nantwich. 1676/7-1803.
6. Frandley and Nantwich. 1787-1831.
7. Cheshire. 1831-1906.
8. Staffordshire. 1807-1850.
Preparative Meetings
Morley M.M.
9. Low Leighton. 1864-1885.
10. Macclesfield. 1694-1888.
11. Morley. 1836-1900.
12. Stockport. 1694-1901.
Frandley and Nantwich M.M.
13. Frandley. 1702-1844.
14. Nantwich. 1758-1895.
[Newton near Frodsham. See EFC 16/7. 1696-1752]
15. Sutton. 1748-1793.
16. Miscellanea.
Printed Books.
Acc 5010
LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE QUARTERLY MEETING
Cheshire and Staffordshire minutes
Elders' minutes
Membership lists
Financial
Miscellanea
MORLEY MONTHLY MEETING
Miscellanea
FRANDLEY AND NANTWICH MONTHLY MEETING
Property
Miscellanea
CHESHIRE MONTHLY MEETING
Minutes, main series
Minutes, various
Membership
Trustees
Property: title
Property: maintenance
Plans
Stanley Green trust, Cheadle Bulkeley
Burial grounds
Probate and legacies
Financial
Charity Commission
School: Penketh
Miscellanea
LOW LEIGHTON PREPARATIVE MEETING
Minutes
Membership
Plans
MACCLESFIELD PREPARATIVE MEETING
Minutes
Membership
Property: meeting house
Plans: meeting house
Miscellanea
STOCKPORT PREPARATIVE MEETING
Minutes
Membership
Property: meeting house
Financial
Miscellanea
FRANDLEY PREPARATIVE MEETING
Miscellanea
DISLEY PREPARATIVE MEETING
Minutes
MARPLE PREPARATIVE MEETING
Minutes
CHEADLE HULME PREPARATIVE MEETING
Minutes
HYDE PREPARATIVE MEETING
Membership
Property
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- <corpname>Society of Friends, Cheshire Quarterly Meeting</corpname>
- <corpname>Society of Friends, Cheshire and Staffordshire Quarterly Meeting</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 31 vols., 15 gatherings, 806 docs
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Acc.1314
Deposited by the Cheshire Monthly Meeting, Friends Meeting House, Altrincham Road, Wilmslow, in November 1967.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Cheshire Q.M. was established in 1668, and in 1783 united with Staffordshire Q.M. to form Cheshire and Staffordshire Q.M. This meeting continued until 1854, when Cheshire and Staffordshire were separated, and Cheshire united with Lancashire to form Lancashire and Cheshire Q.M.
LIST OF MEETINGS
CHESHIRE Q.M. 1668-1783.
Newton by Frodsham later Frandley M.M.
Chester P.M.
Newton by Frodsham P.M.
Norton P.M., renamed Sutton from 1730.
Frandley P.M.
Morley M.M.
Congleton (Eaton) P.M. discontinued c.1741.
Macclesfield P.M.
Morley P.M.
Stockport P.M.
Low Leighton P.M. from Jul.1739.
Nantwich M.M.
Nantwich P.M.
Middlewich P.M.
Malpas P.M., discontinued c.1720.
Rhydallt P.M., discontinued c.1719.
Wrexham P.M. from c.1719.
DERBYSHIRE Q.M.
Includes
Low Leighton M.M. 1668-1739.
Low Leighton P.M.
Slackhall P.M.
Weathercoats P.M.
CHESHIRE AND STAFFORDSHIRE Q.M. 1783-1854.
Includes
Frandley M.M. to 1794.
Chester P.M.
Frandley P.M.
Newton by Frodsham P.M.
Sutton P.M.
Morley M.M. to 1831
Low Leighton P.M. discontinued 1822.
Macclesfield P.M.
Morley P.M.
Stockport P.M.
Nantwich M.M. to 1794.
Nantwich P.M.
Middlewich P.M.
Frandley and Nantwich M.M. 1794 to 1831.
Chester P.M.
Frandley P.M.
Middlewich P.M. discontinued 1794-1801.
Nantwich P.M.
Newton by Frodsham al. Newton by the Forest P.M. discontinued 1817.
Sutton P.M. discontinued c.1797.
Ruthin P.M.
Cheshire M.M. from 1831
Chester, transferred to Hardshaw West M.M. Oct.1831.
Frandley P.M.
Macclesfield P.M.
Morley P.M.
Nantwich P.M.
Ruthin P.M., transferred to Hardshaw West M.M. Oct.1831.
Stockport P.M.
LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE Q.M. from 1854.
Includes
Hardshaw West M.M. (est. 1817 by division of Hardshaw M.M.).
Includes
Birkenhead P.M. 1836-
Chester P.M.
Heswall P.M., 1939-
Hoylake P.M., 1898-
Liscard P.M., 1847-
Runcorn P.M., 1920-
West Kirby P.M., 1940-48.
Cheshire M.M.
Frandley P.M.
Low Leighton P.M.
Macclesfield P.M.
Morley P.M.
Nantwich P.M.
Stockport P.M.
[For detailed changes in meetings constituting Cheshire M.M. post 1854 see lists in Subject File: QUAKERS].
Wirral and North Wales M.M. from 1964
Includes
Birkenhead P.M.
Chester P.M.
Heswall P.M.
Wallasey (Liscard) P.M.
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