Withington, Grosvenor Presbyterian Church, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Lancashire Genealogy

The Presbyterian church was influenced by Calvinism which rejected bishops and believed that the church should be governed by a hierarchy of general assembly, synod, presbytery and kirk sessions attended by ministers and elders of equal rank. Presbyterianism flourished in the 17th and early 18th centuries but in the later 18th century many Presbyterian churches adopted Unitarianism.In 1972 the Presbyterian Church of England merged with the Congregational Church to form the United Reformed Church.

Church History
Sometimes known as Victoria, Wilmslow Road the Church was founded in 1869 and closed in 1972.

Church Records

Church records for Grosvenor Presbyterian Church, Wilmslow Road, Withington, 1881-1970 Microfilm of original records at the Manchester Archives, Central Library in Manchester, England. Filmes 203 Withington is a township and a chapelry in Manchester parish.

Withington- Grosvenor Presbyterian (formerly Withington Presbyterian), Wilmslow Road Baptisms-1867-1940- Archives L641 Baptisms-1940-1970- MFPR 1974 Marriages-1881-1956- MFPR 1974

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

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)