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STALYBRIDGE, is a market-town, in the union of Ashton-under-Lyne; partly in the Hartshead division of the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, hundred of Salford, South division of the county of Lancaster; partly in the township of Dukinfield, parish of Stockport, and partly in the township of Stayley, parish of Mottram-in-Longdendale, hundred of Macclesfield, N. division of the county of Chester; it is 1 mile (E. by S.) from Ashton, 7 miles (E.) from Manchester, and 8 (N. E. by N.) from Stockport.

 The chapel, at Cocker Hill, dedicated to St. George, was erected by subscription in 1776. An additional church, also dedicated to St. George, was built in 1840. At Stayley and Dukinfield are other churches. There are places of worship for General and Particular Baptists, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, Methodists of the New Connexion, Independents, and Roman Catholics.^[1]

Stalybridge St Paul is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1840 from  Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire Ancient Parish.

A meeting was held on the 9th May 1835 in the Eagle Inn to which 13 gentlemen attended. They were all of the opinion that a new church should be built in the township of Stayley. Richard Tattersall of Manchester was chosen as the architect with the brief that the design was to be the Early English Perpendicular Style of the 13th century. The Foundation Stone was laid by Viscount Combermere on the 2nd February 1838 with an impressive ceremony which was watched by some 12,000 - 15,000 prople. The church was consecrated on the 9th October 1839 and almost the total cost of 4,100 pounds was covered by the subscriptions raised.

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Civil Registration

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Church records

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Parish registers for St. Paul's, Staleybridge, 1839-1991 Microfilm copy of original record in the Cheshire Record Office, Chester, England.
Staleybridge- St. Paul has also been known as the chaplery of Staley. Was formerly in Mottram-in-Longdendale and Stockport parishes.
Cheshire Record Office no.: P150/1/1-3, P150/2/1-10, P150/3/1-8, P150/4202/1, P150/5354/4, P150/4202/4.

Census records

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Poor Law Unions

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, Poor Law Union

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