Reddish, Lancashire Genealogy

England Lancashire  Lancashire Parishes

Chapelry History
REDDISH, a township and a chapelry in Manchester parish, Lancashire. The township lies near the river Tame at the boundary with Cheshire, 2 miles N by E of Stockport. The chapelry is much more extensive than the township, was constituted in 1864, and is called Heaton-Reddish. The chapelry was functioning by the year 1860.

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

There are online transcriptions for many of Reddish (often called Heaton Reddish) St Mary's Chapelry, as well--including the ancient parish of Manchester (Cathedral) of Our Lady, St George and St Denys, and their baptism, marriage and burial registers. Displayed below are those chapelries (including the Cathedral) with available online data located at the websites indicated below; note the ranges of years:

To view a full list of Manchester's (150-plus) chapelries, ecclesiastical churches and district churches, and, to see the available online data content for their baptisms, marriages and burials, 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.

Non Conformist Records

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images
 * 1647-1996 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain