Manchester Our Lady, St George and St Denys, Lancashire, England Genealogy
Guide to the ancient and the parochial parish of Manchester City: Manchester Our Lady, St George and St Denys, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Manchester Our Lady, St George and St Denys | |
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| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Lancashire |
| Hundred | Manchester Borough; Salford |
| Poor Law Union | Manchester |
| Registration District | Ashton under Lyne; Chorlton; Manchester; Salford |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1573; Separate registers exist for Manchester St Clement beginning 1793 and for Hulme Christ Church beginning 1810 and for Redbank beginning 1844 and for Withington beginning 1841 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1614; Separate records exist for Withington beginning 1842 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Manchester |
| Diocese | Manchester |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Archive | |
| Lancashire Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
Our Lady, St George and St Denys, Manchester, the Cathedral Church, is the ancient parish and was founded in Druidic times. Here is an 1848 historical perspective of Greater Manchester, by topographer, Samuel Lewis, taken from Topographical Dictionary of England. By 1880, Manchester had at least 125 chapels of ease and district churches/chapels attached to it, and which subdivided its boundary.
The Collegiate Church of Manchester foundation in 1421 enabled the Dean and Fellows of the Collegiate Church to control the rapid growth of the Ancient Parish population to the pecuniary advantage of the Collegiate Church.
The lack of Manchester Churches and practice of the Collegiate church contributed to the formation of the Manchester Diocese in 1847 and subsequent Diocesan building program.
Manchester Our Lady, St George and St Denys is the Ancient Parish and perhaps the largest market town in the county of Lancashire and was quite probably, the largest ancient parish in the realm. Based on Mantell's excellent background, and on evidence of no marriage registers extant for Manchester's smaller chapels (called chapelries) and the town's smaller ecclesiastical parishes, the Cathedral then was where just about all Mancunians were married. The only other known churches in Greater Manchester allowed to marry couples were Manchester St John's Deangate and Manchester St Mary's.
A useful background article by Henry Mantell Manchester Cathedral explains the influence of the Dean and Fellows of the Collegiate church on Manchester Parish records.
Places[edit | edit source]
Chapelries[edit | edit source]
Chapelry is a church or churches built in a large ecclesiastical parish to help the members attend worship services closer to their homes.
Manchester Our Lady, St George and St Denys consists of the following chapelries:
- Ancoats Christ Church Chapelry - 1822
- Ancoats All Souls Chapelry - 1840
- Ancoats St Andrews Chapelry - 1831
- Ancoats St James the Less Chapelry - 1867
- Ancoats St Jude Chapelry - 1837
- Ancoats St Martin Chapelry - 1865
- Ancoats St Peter Chapelry - 1860
- Ardwick St Benedict Chapelry - 1880
- Ardwick St Matthew Chapelry - 1865
- Ardwick St Silas Chapelry - 1842
- Ardwick St Thomas Chapelry - 1740
- Beswick Christ Church Chapelry - 1862
- Beswick St Mary Extra Parochial Chapel - 1878
- Birch St James Chapelry (also called Birch-in-Rusholme) - 1752
- Birch in Rusholme Holy Trinity Chapelry - 1849
- Blackley St Andrews Chapelry - 1866
- Blackley St Peter ("Blackley Chapel") Chapel of Ease - 1655
- Bradford Christ Church Chapelry - 1862
- Bradford St Aidan Chapelry - 1899
- Bradford St Philip Chapelry - 1850
- Brindle Heath St Ann - 1866
- Broughton-Cum-Kersal St John the Evangelist Chapelry - 1837
- Broughton Ascension Chapelry - 1876
- Broughton (Higher) St James - 1879
- Broughton St Thomas Chapelry - 1881
- Burnage St Margaret Chapelry - 1875
- Campfield St Matthew Chapelry
- Cheetham St Albans Chapelry - 1881
- Cheetham St Luke Chapelry - 1839
- Cheetham St Mark Redbank Chapelry - 1794
- Cheetham St Thomas Chapelry - 1844
- Chorlton-Cum-Hardy St Clement Chapelry - 1737
- Chorlton-Upon-Medlock All Saints Chapelry - 1808
- Chorlton-Upon-Medlock St Ambrose Chapelry - 1884
- Chorlton-Upon-Medlock St Clements Chapelry - 1793
- Chorlton-Upon-Medlock St Luke Chapelry - 1805
- Chorlton-Upon-Medlock St Matthias Chapelry - 1876
- Chorlton-Upon-Medlock St Paul Chapelry - 1862
- Chorlton-Upon-Medlock St Saviour Chapelry - 1836
- Chorlton-Upon-Medlock St Stephen Chapelry - 1854
- Clayton St Cross Chapelry - 1857
- Collyhurst Albert Memorial Chapel - 1861
- Collyhurst St Catherine Chapelry - 1859
- Collyhurst St George in the Fields Chapelry - 1877
- Collyhurst St James Chapelry - 1873
- Collyhurst St Oswald Chapelry - 1855
- Crumpsall St Mary Chapelry - 1839
- Crumpsall St Thomas Chapelry - 1863
- Denton Christ Church Chapelry - 1826
- Denton St George, Danebank Chapelry - 1841
- Denton St Lawrence Chapelry - 1695
- Didsbury Christ Church Chapelry - 1882
- Didsbury Emmanuel (or Barlow Moor) Chapelry - 1858
- Didsbury St James Chapelry - 1561
- Droylsden St Mary Chapelry - 1848
- Failsworth Holy Trinity Mission Church - 1870
- Failsworth St John Chapelry - 1845
- Fallowfield Holy Innocents Chapelry - 1872
- Gorton (West) All Saints Chapelry - 1876
- Gorton St James Chapelry - 1600
- Gorton (West) St Mark Chapelry - 1862
- Harpurhey Christ Church Chapelry - 1838
- Haughton St Mary the Virgin Chapelry - 1876
- Haughton St Ann Chapelry - 1882
- Heaton-Mersey St John the Baptist Chapelry - 1850
- Heaton Norris All Saints Chapelry - 1885
- Heaton Norris Christ Church Chapelry - 1846
- Heaton-Norris St Thomas Chapelry - 1769
- Hulme Christ Church Chapelry - 1835
- Hulme Holy Trinity Chapelry - 1843
- Hulme St Gabriel Chapelry - 1862
- Hulme St George Chapelry - 1828
- Hulme St John the Baptist Chapelry - 1856
- Hulme St Mark - 1847
- Hulme St Mary Chapelry - 1858
- Hulme St Michael Chapelry - 1861
- Hulme St Paul Chapelry - 1855
- Hulme St Philip Chapelry - 1859
- Hulme St Stephen Chapelry - 1863
- Kersall Moor St Paul Chapelry - 1852
- Levenshulme St Andrew Chapelry
- Levenshulme St Peter Chapelry - 1854
- Longsight St Agnes Chapelry - 1885
- Longsight St Clement Chapelry - 1871
- Longsight St John Chapelry - 1846
- Manchester All Saints Chapelry
- Manchester St Andrews Chapelry - 1831
- Manchester St Ann Chapelry - 1736
- Manchester St Barnabas Chapelry - 1842
- Manchester St Clements - 1793
- Manchester St George Oldham Road Chapelry - 1798
- Manchester St James George St Chapelry - 1784
- Manchester St John Deansgate Chapelry - 1686
- Manchester St Jude St Simon Chapelry - 1842
- Manchester St Luke Chapelry
- Manchester St Mary Chapelry
- Manchester St Matthew Chapelry - 1825
- Manchester St Michael All Angel Meadow Chapelry - 1794
- Manchester St Paul's New Cross Chapelry - 1765
- Manchester St Peter Mosely St Chapelry - 1795
- Manchester St Peter Oldham Road Chapelry - 1860
- Manchester St Philip Bradford Road Chapelry - 1850
- Manchester St Saviour Chapelry - 1836
- Miles Platting St Barnabas Chapelry - 1844
- Miles Platting St John Chapelry - 1854
- Miles Platting St Luke Chapelry - 1871
- Moss-Side Christ Church Chapelry - 1850
- Newton All Saints Chapelry ("Newton-Heath") - 1655
- Newton Heath St Ann Chapelry - 1876
- Newton Heath St Augustine Chapelry - 1881
- Newton Heath St Mark Chapelry - 1881
- (Old) Newton St Mark Chapelry - 1885
- Trafford (Old) St Thomas Chapelry - 1838
- Openshaw St Barnabas Chapelry - 1839
- Openshaw St Clement Chapelry - 1880
- Ordsall St Clement Chapelry - 1877
- Paddington St Paul Chapelry - 1846
- Pendlebury Christ Church Chapelry - 1859
- Pendlebury St Augustine Chapelry - 1874
- Pendlebury St John the Evangelist Chapelry - 1842
- Pendleton St Ambrose Chapelry - 1881
- Pendleton St Ann
- Pendleton St George Chapelry - 1858
- Pendleton St James Chapelry - about 1860
- Pendleton St Luke Chapelry - by 1865
- Pendleton St Paul
- Pendleton near Salford St Thomas Chapelry - 1776
- Reddish St Mary (or Heaton-Reddish) Chapelry - 1860
- Rushulme Holy Trinity Chapelry - 1846
- Rushulme St Agnes Chapelry - 1884
- Rushulme St Chrysostom Chapelry - 1876
- Salford Christ Church Chapelry - 1831
- Salford Sacred Trinity Chapelry - 1636
- Salford St Bartholomew Chapelry - 1842
- Salford St Clements Chapelry - 1881
- Salford St George Charlestown Chapelry - 1854
- Salford St John the Evangelist Chapelry - 1838
- Salford St Luke (Weaste) Chapelry - 1866
- Salford St Matthias Chapelry - 1842
- Salford St Philip Chapelry - 1826
- Salford St Simon Chapelry - 1846
- Salford St Stephen Chapelry - 1794
- Salford Stowell Memorial Chapelry - 1869
- Stretford All Saints Chapelry - 1884
- Stretford St Matthews Chapelry - 1599
- Stretford St Thomas Blind Asylum Chapelry - 1837
- Urmston St Clement Chapelry -1868
- Victoria Park St Chrysostum Chapelry - 1872
- Whalley Range St Margaret Chapelry - 1849
- Withington St Paul Chapelry - 1841
Resources[edit | edit source]
Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- 1661-1830 Cathedral Church, Manchester, Plan of Churchyard and Index of Inscriptions on Gravestones(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1800-1900 Monumental Inscriptions, George Street, Patricroft, 1800-1900(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1820-1860 City of Manchester, St. Augustine's Burial Ground, Granby Row(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions, Manchester College Grounds, from Wm. Farrer's Ms.(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records (See under "England" main page).
There are two important online sites with indexes to the births, marriages and deaths. These are:
- FreeBMD.- index to the GRO (General Register Offices) BMDs)
- Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths at the Lancashire BMD - indexes to the local BMDs held at (the superintendent) registrar offices throughout most of Lancashire
If, for example, a certificate cannot be located in the FreeBMD index website, then try the local registrar offices website at Lancashire BMD to find it. Often this proves successful in locating the appropriate certificate.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England[edit | edit source]
Online Parish Records Table
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Manchester Our Lady, St George and St Denys Parish Records | ||||||
| All Chapelries Found in Manchester Our Lady, St George and St Denys are included in these links. | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Lancashire | ||||||
| Parish Registers-Lancashire | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Lancashire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Lancashire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| MyHeritage-Manchester Parish Records ($) | ||||||
| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Lancashire ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Lancashire ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
- OnLine Parish Clerks - Lancashire - OnLine Parish Clerks project for Lancashire
Nonconformist Records[edit | edit source]
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1647-1996 England, Lancashire Non-conformist Church Records, 1647-1996 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)
Original Records[edit | edit source]
Original parish and chapel registers are held at the Manchester Record Office, William Brown Street, Manchester L3 8EW, United Kingdom.
Microfilmed copies of original Manchester Cathedral and most of its over 150 chapelries' registers are mostly available at the FamilySearch Library, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A. and its 4,600 satellite FamilySearch Centers worldwide. These films may be ordered for and original baptism, marriage and burial entries may be viewed at these centers.
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Lancashire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Taxation[edit | edit source]
- 1541 - 1541 Subsidy of Manchester (p. 138)[1]
- 1622 - 1622 Subsidy of Manchester (p. 148)[1]
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.P. Earwaker, Three Lancashire Subsidy Rolls, viz., for the Hundred of Salford, 1541, the Hundred of Salford, 1622 and the Hundred of Leyland, 1628, Together with a Recusant Roll for the Hundred of Leyland, in 1628 (London: Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1885). Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.