Prestwich St Mary, Lancashire, England Genealogy
Guide to Prestwich St Mary, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
See a "Comprehensive List of Parish and Chapelries of Prestwich Parish"
| Prestwich St Mary | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Lancashire |
| Hundred | Salford |
| Poor Law Union | Prestwich |
| Registration District | Bury; Manchester; Oldham |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1603 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1599 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Prestwich |
| Diocese | Manchester |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Archive | |
| Lancashire Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
PRESTWICH (St Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Salford, S. division of Lancashire; comprising the parochial chapelry of Oldham (in which are the townships of Oldham, Chadderton, Crompton, and Royton), and the townships of Alkrington, Great and Little Heaton, Pilkington, and Tonge, 4 miles northwest by west of Manchester. There were churches built in the ecclesiastical districts of Ringley, Stand, and Unsworth, all in Pilkington township; a church at Tonge, and numerous chapelries as well in the parochial chapelry of Oldham. Other places in the parish include: Outwood, Pilkington, Prestolee, Little Heaton, Rigley, Great Heaton, and Rayton. In Prestwich parish are also numerous places of worship for dissenters; in Prestwich township is one for Wesleyan Methodists. The Independents, Primitive Methodists, Unitarians, and Swedenborgians have places of worship.[1]
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.
The parish of Prestwich St Mary consists of the following chapelries:
- Chadderton Christ Church Chapelry - 1872
- Chadderton St Matthew Chapelry - 1837
- Chadderton St John Chapelry - 1846
- Coldhurst Holy Trinity Chapelry - 1848
- East Crompton St James Chapelry - 1845
- Glodwick Christ Church Chapelry - 1844
- Glodwick St Mark Chapelry - 1876
- Hollinwood St Margaret Chapelry - 1769/li>
- Leesfield St Thomas Chapelry - 1846
- Oldham St Andrew Chapelry - 1874
- Oldham St James Greenacres Moor Chapelry - 1829
- Oldham St Mary Chapelry - 1558
- Oldham St Peter Chapelry - 1768
- Oldham St Stephen & All Martyrs Chapelry - 1876
- Oldham St Thomas Chapelry - 1860
- Prestwich St Margaret Chapelry - 1875
- Ringley St Saviour Chapelry - 1712
- Royton St Paul Chapelry - 1755
- Shaw Holy Trinity Chapelry - 1704
- Stand (Whitefield) All Saints Chapelry - 1827
- Tonge-Cum-Alkrington St Michael Chapelry - 1840
- Unsworth St George Chapelry - 1730
- Waterhead Holy Trinity Chapelry - 1843
- Werneth St John Chapelry - 1892
- Werneth St Thomas Chapelry - 1845
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]
- 1857-2023 Oldham, England Burials and Cremations, 1857-2023 at Ancestry — index ($)
- 1889-2003 England, Lancashire, Oldham, Hollinwood Cemetery(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1891-2003 England, Lancashire, Crompton, Cemetery Records(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Bury, Unsworth Methodist [Monumental Inscriptions](*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Lancashire Monumental Inscriptions, Royton, St. Paul's Parish Church(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- St. Margaret's Church, Hollinwood, Schedule of Earth Burials(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions of Delph(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- England, Lancashire, Oldham Burials at MyHeritage - index ($)
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
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
- Manchester 1837-1874
- Prestwich 1874-1925
- Mancester North 1925-1934
- Heywood 1934-1974
- Greater Manchester post 1974
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
| Prestwich St Mary Parish Records | ||||||
| All Chapelries Found in Prestwich 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 ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| MyHeritage-Manchester Parish Records ($) | ||||||
| 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.
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
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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 Prestwyche (p. 143)[2]
- 1541 - 1541 Subsidy of Pylynton (p. 143)[2]
- 1622 - 1622 Subsidy of Prestwich (p. 155)[2]
- 1622 - 1622 Subsidy of Pilkington (p. 155)[2]
Maps and Gazetteers
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Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., [A Topographical Dictionary of England] (1848), pp. 616-618. Adapted. Date accessed: 1 October 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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.