Bury St Mary, Lancashire, England Genealogy
Guide to Bury St Mary, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. Here is a Comprehensive List of Bury Chapelries and Parish
| Bury St Mary | |
| |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Lancashire |
| Hundred | Blackburn; Salford |
| Poor Law Union | Bury |
| Registration District | Bury; Haslingden |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1590 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1603 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Bury |
| Diocese | Manchester |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Archive | |
| Lancashire Record Office | |
Parish History
BURY (St. Mary), a borough, parish, and the head of a union, chiefly in the hundred of Salford, S. division, and partly in the Higher division of the hundred of Blackburn, N. division, of the county of Lancaster; comprising the chapelries of Edenfield, Heywood,and Holcombe, the hamlet of Ramsbottom, and the townships of Bury, Coupe with Lenches, Elton, Heap,Musbury, Tottington Higher-End, Tottington Lower End, and Walmersley with Shuttleworth; 48½ miles (S. E. by S.) from Lancaster, 9 (N.N. W.) from Manchester, and 195½ (N. N. W.) from London. There are places of worship for Independents, Primitive Methodists, Wesleyans, New Connexion of Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists, and Unitarians; and a Roman Catholic chapel, erected in the year 1840. [1]
The church was the garrison church for the Lancashire Fusiliers and colours of the Regiment hang proudly from their pikes around the walls of the nave.
The nave stands 76ft 6ins high, 84ft 6ins long and 30ft wide. The windows on the north wall depict Old Testament figures whilst the south windows are of New Testament figures. The detailed stonework includes over 150 heads, many said to represent members of the congregation and community. On the west wall are heads depicting the churchwardens, architect and clerk of works, whilst the Earl and Countess of Derby are to be found on the chancel arch.
Sharp eyed observers will find a “green man” in the decorative stone on the north wall. The west wall is inspired by Westminster Abbey, rising in four stages to the great rose window.
Places
Chapelries
Chapelry is a church or churches built in a large ecclesiastical parish to help the members attend worship services closer to their homes.
The parish of Bury St Mary consists of the following chapelries:
- Bury Holy Trinity - 1865
- Bury St John - 1770
- Bury St Paul - 1841
- Birtle - 1846
- Edenfield - 1728
- Elton All Saints - 1843
- Heywood St Luke's - 1745
- Heywood St James - 1838
- Holcombe Emmanuel - 1726
- Ramsbottom - 1850
- Rawtenstall - 1838
- Rossendale - 1778
- Tottington St Anne's - 1799
- Unsworth St George - 1841
- Walmersley cum Shuttleworth Christ Church - 1842
- Waterfoot - 1859
Resources
Find Neighboring Parishes
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
- Bury, St. Mary the Virgin [Monumental Inscriptions](*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions, Bury, Lancashire, England(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions, Presbyterian Chapel, Bank Street, Bury(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Greenmount United Reformed Church [Monumental Inscriptions](*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD
Church Records
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
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
| Bury St Mary Parish Records | ||||||
| All Chapelries Found in Bury St Mary 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 ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
||||
| MyHeritage-Manchester Parish Records ($) | ||||||
| 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
"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)
Census Records
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Poor Law Unions
Bury Poor Law Union, Lancashire Haslingden, Lancashire Poor Law Union
Probate Records
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
- 1541 FamilySearch Digital Library-1541 Subsidy of Burye (p. 144)[2]
- 1622 FamilySearch Digital Library-1622 Subsidy of Burie (p. 161)[2]
Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 452-460. Date accessed: 10 September 2013.London.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53011 British History Online Bury
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53012