Salford Stowell Memorial Chapel

England Lancashire  Lancashire Parishes

Chapelry History
St. George Charlestown Chapelry, Salford, was originally built by the year 1858. It was one of 12 such chapelries under the jurisdiction of the parochial chapelry of Sacred Trinity, Salford by 1885. This and all of its sister chapelries comprised the whole of Salford Township all of which also stood within the boundary of Manchester ancient parish (the Cathedral, Our Lady, St George and St Denys).

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  Online transcriptions exist for Salford St GeorgeCharlestown Chapelry and its eleven sister chapelries in this very large suburb in Manchester ancient parish (the Cathedral). Displayed below are the links to the available ranges of years for which online data (transcriptions) are located:

To view a full list of all (150-plus) chapelries, ecclesiastical parishes and district chapels in the ancient parish of Manchester, and their links to online data for their baptism, marriage and burial registers, visit the MANCHESTER (CATHEDRAL), OUR LADY, ST GEORGE &amp; ST DENYS page.

Original Records

Original parish and chapel registers are held at the Manchester Record Office, William Brown Street, Manchester L3 8EW, United Kingdom.

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

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

Parish (chapelry) registers for Stowell Memorial Chapel, Salford, 1869-1978 on film of original records formerly held at the Manchester Archives Central Library in Manchester, England. Manchester Archives Central Library call numbers are MFPR 842 to MFPR 844 and MFPR 349-351 as follows:

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

FamilySearch has also microfilmed these parish (chapelry) registers and they have been transcribed (see above) and published online.

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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