Radcliffe St John, Lancashire Genealogy

History
Radcliffe St John the Evangelist Radcliffe New Road was consecrated in 1866 and closed in 1974.

The name Radcliffe is derived from the Old English words read and clif, meaning "the red cliff or bank", on the River Irwell in the Irwell Valley. The Domesday Book records the name as "Radeclive". Other archaic spellings include "Radclive" (recorded in 1227), and "Radeclif" (recorded in 1309 and 1360).The Radcliffe family took its name from the town

The combined parish of St Thomas with St John with St Philip Radcliffe was formed in 1974using Radcliffe St Thomas, Lancashire church. St John church was demolished and the dilapidated St Philip's was converted into St Philip's Community Centre.

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 Free BMD.

Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD

Lancashire Online Parish Clerks
An extremely useful resource for research in Lancashire Parishes http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/

Church records
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Parish registers for St. John's, Radcliffe, 1866-1979 Microfilm of originals in St. Thomas Church, Radcliffe; and fomerly held at the Manchester Archives Central Library in Manchester, England. St. John Church is located in Stand Lane, an ecclesiastical district of Radcliffe.

Manchester Archives Central Library call nos.: L 156/1/1/1-3; L 156/1/2/1-6; L 156/1/3.

Radcliffe- St John the Evangelist, Stand Lane Baptisms-1866-1930- MFPR 1584 or MFPR 2009 Baptisms-1930-1973- MFPR 1584 Baptisms Transcript-1866-1973- q929.32738 RAD (360) Burials-1878-1979- MFPR 1584 Burials Transcript-1878-1979- q929.32738 RAD (361) Monumental Inscriptions-F929.32738 RAD (361) Marriages-1868-1921- MFPR 1585 or MFPR 2009 Marriages-1921-1973- MFPR 1586 Marriages Transcript-1868-1973- q929.32738 RAD (364) Baptisms-1844-1929- MFPR 191 Marriages-1845-1929- MFPR 191 The Manchester Room and Greater Manchester County Record Office Email: archiveslocalstudies@manchester.gov.uk

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

Census records
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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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place. England Jurisdictions 1851

Web sites
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