Stretford All Saints, Lancashire Genealogy

History
Stretford All Saints, Cyprus Street, was created as an eccelsiastical parish from Manchester Our Lady, St George and St Denys, Lancashire

The Original Building
The original All Saints church stood on Cyprus Street, Stretford, its foundation stone being laid on 1 November 1884 and the completed church consecrated the following year. This church building was struck by an incendiary bomb during an air-raid on 23 December 1940 and totally destroyed in the ensuing blaze. The congregation continued to meet for services in the adjacent hall in School Road until 1947, when they merged with members of the nearby Manor Hall at Sevenways. In time the War Damage Commission released payment, allowing work to begin on the replacement church.

The replacement church
The present All Saints was rebuilt on Barton Road about a mile away from Cyprus Street, because of the original site's proximity to St Matthew's Stretford. The foundation stone was laid on 22 October 1955. with the new building being completed and consecrated on 16 March 1957. This church is a large modern brick building and has been adapted to function as a community hall as well as a place of worship.

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

Church records
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Parish registers for All Saints', Stretford, 1885-1937 Microfilm of original records formerly held at the Manchester Archives Central Library in Manchester, England. Stretford was a chapelry in Manchester parish. Manchester Archives Central Library call nos.: L 125/1/1/1-2; L 125/1/2/1.

Stretford- All Saints Baptisms-1885-1928- MFPR 1609 or MFPR 2015 Marriages-1891-1937- MFPR 1609 or MFPR 2015

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
Chorlton 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

Websites
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http://www.allsaintsstretford.org.uk/ for information about the parish