Salford St Stephen, Lancashire Genealogy

England Lancashire  Lancashire Parishes



Chapelry History
St. Stephen's, Salford, a neat building of brick ornamented with stone, with a handsome tower, was founded in 1794, [and it stands in Salford Parochial Chapelry], and within the boundaries of Manchester Our Lady, St Peter and St Denys Cathedral].

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
Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Salford- St Stephen Banns-1931-1956- MFPR 2178 Baptisms-1794-1812- MFPR 144 or MFPR 2177 Baptisms-1812-1956- MFPR 144 Burials-1794-1813- MFPR 146 Burials-1813-1846- MFPR 146 or MFPR 2178 Burials-1847-1856- MFPR 146 or MFPR 2178 Burials-1856-1872- MFPR 146 Marriages-1838-1915- MFPR 145 Marriages-1915-1921- MFPR 146 Marriages-1921-1956- MFPR 146 or MFPR 2178 Marriages-1956-1957- MFPR 2178

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. Stephen's Church, Salford, 1794-1957 ofilm of original records formerly held at the Manchester Archives Central Library in Manchester, England. Manchester Archives Central Library call no.: L192.

Bishop's transcripts for Salford area churches, 1635-1889

Poor Law Unions
Salford, Lancashire Poor Law Union

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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