Oldham St Mary, Lancashire, England Genealogy
Guide to Oldham St Mary, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
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| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Lancashire |
| Hundred | Salford |
| Poor Law Union | Oldham |
| Registration District | Oldham |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1796 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1604 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Rochdale |
| Diocese | Manchester |
| Province | York |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Archive | |
| Lancashire Record Office | |
Chapel History[edit | edit source]
OLDHAM, an enfranchised borough, a parochial chapelry with several attached chapelries, and the head of a union, in the parish of Prestwich, hundred of Salford, S. division of the county of Lancaster, 7 miles northeast by east of Manchester. The ancient chapel was dedicated to St. Mary. Other towns and places in the parish include: Oldham below Town, Westwood, Mumps, Greenacres, Oldham above Town, Clarkesfield, Chadderton, and Moor. There were places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, Kilhamites, Moravians, Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists, Unitarians, and Roman Catholics.[1]
While Oldham St Mary was a mere chapelry, however it was a parochial chapelry and as such it held some ecclesiastical jurisdiction over several additional chapelries. These churches included:
- Oldham St Peter's Chapel - 1765
- Oldham St James - 1829
- Hollinwood - 1769
- Royton - 1758
- Shaw - 1723
- Chadderton St John - 1844
- Chadderton St Matthew - 1857
- Coldhurst - 1844
- East Crompton - 1847
- Glodwick Christ Church - 1844
- Waterhead - 1845
- Werneth - 1847
There were additional, more modern built chapels within Oldham as well. See John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, to determine their names.[2]
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 ($)
- Churchyard Inscriptions, St. Mary, Oldham, Lancashire, England(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Copies of the Inscriptions on the Memorials and Gravestones in St. Mary's Churchyard, Oldham(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- The Oldham Chapelry(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- England, Lancashire, Oldham Burials at MyHeritage - index ($)
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
- 1662-1825 Manchester Death Register at Findmypast - index & images ($)
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD
Church Records[edit | edit source]
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England[edit | edit source]
Chapelry is a church or churches built in a large ecclesiastical parish to help the members attend worship services closer to their homes.
Online Parish Records Table
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Oldham St Mary Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Lancashire | ||||||
| Parish Registers-Lancashire | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| American Ancestors ($) | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Lancashire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Lancashire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| MyHeritage-England, Lancashire, Oldham Burials ($) | ||||||
| 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 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
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 Oldom (p. 145)[3]
- 1622 - 1622 Subsidy of Ouldhame (p. 157)[3]
Maps and Gazetteers
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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]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England(1848), pp. 472-476. Date accessed 22 October 2013
- ↑ John M. Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Published Edinburgh 1870.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.