Stowell Memorial Church, Salford,Lancashire

History
Stowell Memorial Church, Stowell Memorial, Eccles New Road,Salford Lancashire was created in 1869 from Salford Christ Church, Lancashire and Salford St Bartholomew, Lancashire

Stowell Memorial Church, was built as its name suggests, to commemorate the life and labour of Hugh Stowell, shortly after the Canon's death and consecrated in 1869. It was designed by Medland Taylor and the 150 foot spire, so placed as seemingly in the centre of the road junction. The foundation stone of the church was laid on 19th October 1867 by Bishop Prince Lee and cost about £8,000 to build. The whole scheme, including a School and Rectory was paid for by public subscription and ministered to a Parish constituted out of those of Christ Church and St. Bartholomew.

The church closed in 1981.The tower is all that remains of the church standing as a beacon at the start of the M 602 motorway.



Civil Registration
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. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is Free BMD.

Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD

Church records
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Parish registers for Stowell Memorial Church, Salford, 1869-1968 Microfilm of original records formerly held at the Manchester Archives Central Library in Manchester, England. Salford is a town, a township, and several chapelries in Manchester parish. Manchester Archives Central Library call nos.: L73/1/1/1-6, L73/1/2/1-11, L73/1/3/1, L73/1/4/1-2.

Salford- Stowell Memorial Baptisms-1869-1912- MFPR 842 Baptisms-1912-1960- MFPR 843 Baptisms-1960-1978- Archives L73 Burials-1949-1968- MFPR 844 Marriages-1871-1897- MFPR 349 Marriages-1897-1932- MFPR 350 Marriages-1932-1974- MFPR 351 Marriages-1974-1980- MFPR 844

The Manchester Room and Greater Manchester County Record Office Email: archiveslocalstudies@manchester.gov.uk

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Salford, 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.

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Web sites
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