Manchester All Souls, Lancashire Genealogy

England Lancashire  Lancashire Parishes

Chapelry History
All Souls' district church [was created], in the early Norman style, [and] was erected in Every Street, Ancoats, by subscription. It was created from, and lying within the boundaries of Manchester Our Lady, St George and St Denys, Lancashire. Founded: 1840 Closed: 1984 Chapelry registers may be found in Manchester St Ann, Lancashire parish.Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 221-247. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51130#s28

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 FreeBMD.

Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD

Church records
Online records

There are online transcriptions for both Ancoats All Souls (beginning in 1850) and prior to that, it's parent church from which it was created--St Ann's Manchester, as well as for most of the Manchester City ecclesiastical parishes--including the ancient parish (Cathedral) of Our Lady, St George and St Denys, and for the baptism, marriage and burial registers of many of its numerous chapelries lying within its boundaries. Displayed below are those records from specifically All Souls, St Ann's chapelry and for the Cathedral, located at the web sites indicated below; note also the ranges of years:

Here are the online transcriptions for the ancient parish for Manchester St Mary (Our Lady), St George and Denys (The Cathedral):

If you did not find your ancestor in any of the above three church registers, then see MANCHESTER OUR LADY, ST GEORGE, &amp; ST DENYS (The Cathedral) for a full list of all chapelries and churches you can search online, and which comprise this vast parish boundary.

Original Records

Bishop's transcripts for All Soul's Church, Manchester, 1763-1847 Microreproduction of original manuscripts housed at the Lancashire Record Office, Preston. FamilySearch has microfilmed the original Bishop's transcripts, 1763, 1810-1845 / Church of England. St. Ann's Church (Manchester). The church became known as All Soul's Ancoats in 1850. Ancoats is a suburb within Manchester. Lancashire Record Office: DRM/2/186/4

Poor Law Unions
Manchester 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.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
Henry Mantell's article http://www.aidan.co.uk/article_manchester_cathedral.htm explains the influence of the Dean and Fellows of the Collegiate church on Manchester Parish records