St Boniface was founded in 1559, serving the towns of Beeston, Bunbury, Peckforton and others. Christings, Marriages and Burials took place here from its founding to the 1990s. The graveyard closed in 1922.
The original parish of Bunbury included the townships of Alpraham, Beeston, Bunbury, Burwardsley, Calveley, Haughton, Peckforton, Ridley, Tilstone Fearnall, Tiverton and Wardle of which Bunbury was by far the largest and contains the Parish Church, dedicated to St. Boniface.