Heaton Norris, Lancashire Genealogy

Guide to Heaton Norris, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Chapelry History
HEATON-NORRIS, a chapelry, in the parish of Manchester, union of Stockport, hundred of Salford, S. division of the county of Lancaster, 2 miles northwest by north of Stockport; comprising the townships of Heaton-Norris and Reddish. The chapel is dedicated to St Thomas and it was in operation by at least the year 1769. Christ Church, another chapelry in this district chapelry, was built and completed in 1846. There are places of worship for dissenters, including an Independent chapel.

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.

Church Records
Online Records
 * 1538 - 1910 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1603 - 1910 at FamilySearch — index and images

Online transcriptions for Heaton Norris St Thomas Chapelry and its additional other chapelries which comprise the township of Heaton, exist, as well as those for the ancient parish of Manchester Our Lady, St George, and St Denys--to which these three chapelries were attached. Links to online baptisms, marriages and burials registers are displayed below and they are located at the web sites indicated; note the ranges of years:

To view a full list of all chapelries and district churches in the ancient parish of Manchester and their respective links to online transcriptions of their baptisms, marriages and burials, be sure to visit the MANCHESTER (CATHEDRAL) OUR LADY, ST GEORGE &amp; ST DENYS page. Original Records

Heaton Norris St Thomas, All Saints and Christ Church parish (chapelry) registers exist and are housed at the Manchester Central Library archives.

In addition, FamilySearch has microfilmed the original registers for all three chapelries and the ancient parish, and the data is now mostly available online at FamilySearch.org (see links above).

Non Conformist Records

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

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.

Taxation

 * 1541 - 1541 Subsidy of Heaton Norreys (p. 140)


 * 1622 - 1622 Subsidy of Heaton Norris (p. 152)

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain