Radcliffe St Thomas, Lancashire Genealogy

England Lancashire  Lancashire Parishes



Chapelry History
St. Thomas's district, Radcliffe-Bridge, was formed in 1819 from, and lying within the boundaries of Radcliffe St Mary.

Radcliffe St Thomas was created district church by 1821 from Radcliffe, St Mary Lancashire Ancient Parish.

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
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Radcliffe- St Thomas Baptisms-1819-1825- MFPR 150 or MFPR 2097 Baptisms-1825-1837- MFPR 150 Baptisms-1837-1837- MFPR 150 or MFPR 2097 Baptisms-1837-1859- MFPR 150 Baptisms-1859-1899- MFPR 1587 Baptisms-1899-1981- MFPR 1588 Baptisms Transcript-1819-1886- q929.32738 RAD (976) Baptisms Transcript-1886-1981- q929.32738 RAD (022) Burials-1826-1854- MFPR 150 Burials-1854-1890- MFPR 1593 Burials-1890-1964- MFPR 1594 Burials Transcript-1819-1964- q929.32738 RAD (553) Marriages-1849-1894- MFPR 1589 Marriages-1894-1928- MFPR 1590 Marriages-1928-1969- MFPR 1591 Marriages-1969-1987- MFPR 1592 Marriages Transcript-1849-1894- q929.32738 RAD (008) Marriages Transcript-1894-1928- q929.32738 RAD (008) Marriages Transcript-1928-1987- q929.32738 RAD (008)

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

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

Parish registers for St. Thomas' Church, Radcliffe, 1813-1964 Microfilm of originals in St. Thomas Church, Radcliffe, and at the Manchester Archives Central Library in Manchester, England. Manchester Archives Central Library call nos.: L155/1/1/3-7; L155/1/2/2-7; L155/1/3/4-10.

Census records
http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

Poor Law Unions
Bury Poor Law Union, Lancashire

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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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