A Comprehensive List of All Pre-1851 Manchester Parishes and Chapelries

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Below listed is a comprehensive list of all pre-1851 Manchester parishes and chapelries and their registers available through the England Church records collection at The Family History Library's and its 4,500 Family History Centers worldwide:

Manchester All Saints - 1819 Manchester St Andrew 1831 (see Ancoats) Manchester St Ann - 1736 Manchester St Clement Lever St - 1793 Manchester St George Oldham Rd - 1798 Manchester St Mary, St Dennis &amp; St George (Cathedral) - 1573 Manchester St James George St - 1784 Manchester St John Deansgate - 1769 Manchester St Luke - 1804 (a non-"consecrated chapel") Manchester St Mary - 1754 Manchester St Matthew - 1825 Manchester St Michael Angel Meadow - 1791 Manchester St Paul's New Cross - 1765 Manchester St Peter - 1795 Manchester St Philip's Church - 1850 Manchester St Philip Church, Bradford - 1816 Manchester St Simon &amp; St Jude's - 1842 The following chapelries were included as part of and came under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Parish of Manchester:

Ancoats Christ Church - 1824 (became Bible Christian) Ancoats All Souls - 1840 Ancoats St Andrews - 1831 Ancoats St Jude's - 1837 Ardwick St Thomas - 1740 Ardwick St Silas - 1842 Birch St James - 1752 (also known as Birch-in-Rusholme) Blackley St Andrews - 1850 Burials online - 1850-present Blackley St Peter - 1655 Cheetham St Luke - 1839 Cheetham St Thomas, Redbank - 1844 Cheetham St Mark, Redbank - 1794 Chorlton cum Hardy St Clement - 1737 Chorlton-upon-Medlock St Luke - 1805 Chorlton-upon-Medlock All Saints - 1814 Chorlton-upon-Medlock St Saviours - 1836 Denton St Lawrence - 1695 Denton Christ Church - 1848 Denton St George, Danebank - 1841 Didsbury St James - 1561 Droylsden St Mary - 1848 Failsworth - 1845 Gorton St James - 1600 Heaton-Mersey St John The Baptist - 1850 Heaton-Norris St Thomas - 1769 Heaton-Norris Christ Church - 1846 Harpurhey Christ Church - 1838 Hulme Christ Church 1835 (burials only; write the Lancashire Record Office for searching additional years and events) Hulme St George - 1828 Hulme St Mark - 1847 Hulme Holy Trinity - 1843 Longsight St John - 1846 Moss-Side - 1850 Newton All Saints - 1655 (sometimes referred to as "Newton-Heath"; see also Birch uin Rusholme) Pendleton near Salford St Thomas - 1776 Paddington St Paul - 1846 Salford Sacred Trinity - 1636 Salford St Philip - 1826 Salford St Stephen - 1794 Salford, Christ Church - 1831 Salford St Bartholomew - 1842 Salford St Matthias - 1842 Stretford St Matthews - 1599 Salford St Simon - 1846 Whalley Range St Margaret - 1849 Withington St Paul - 1841

Helpful Links: 

Some of the chapelries of Manchester and their christening, marriage and burial registers have also been indexed and posted online at the Lancashire "Online Parish Clerk" project.

The website, "A Church Near You" provides some information on some chapelries (and parishes): www.achurchnearyou.com

Bibliography:

Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, by Youngs, Frederic A. Pub: The Royal Historical Society, London 1991

Topographical Dictionary of England. Lewis Samuel. Pub: Samuel A. Lewis &amp; Co. London 1841 &amp;1831

A Comprehensive Gazetteer of England. Bell, James. A. Pub.: Fullarton &amp; Co. Glasgow 1836

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. A. Fullarton &amp;amp; Co. Glasgow and London ca. 1869 (see also VisionOfBritain.org.uk)

Atlas &amp; Index to Parish Registers. Edited by Cecil Humphrey-Smith. Pub by Phillimore &amp; Co. Ltd.Chichester, Sussex. 2003.