Salford St John the Evangelist, Lancashire Genealogy

England Lancashire  Lancashire Parishes

Chapelry History
St John the Evangelist Chapelry, Salford, or, Higher Broughton was originally built by the year 1837. It was one of 12 chapelries under the jurisdiction of the parochial chapelry of Sacred Trinity, Salford (by 1885). This and all of its sister chapelries comprised the whole of Salford Township and some outside areas all of which stood within the boundary of Manchester ancient parish (the Cathedral, Our Lady, St George and St Denys).

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
Online Records  Online transcriptions exist for Salford St Clement Chapelry and its eleven sister chapelries in this very large suburb in Manchester ancient parish (the Cathedral). Displayed below are the links to the available ranges of years for which online data (transcriptions) are located:

To view a full list of all (150-plus) chapelries, ecclesiastical parishes and district chapels in the ancient parish of Manchester, and their links to online data for their baptism, marriage and burial registers, 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.

The Manchester Room and Greater Manchester County Record Office Email: archiveslocalstudies@manchester.gov.uk

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

Parish (chapelry) registers for St John the Evangelist Chapelry, Salford, 1838-1969 on film of original records formerly held at the Manchester Archives Central Library in Manchester, England. Manchester Archives Central Library call numbers are as follows:

Baptisms-1877-1895- MFPR 364

Baptisms-1895-1926- MFPR 352

Baptisms-1926-1969- MFPR 367

Funerals-1963-1995- Archives L133

Marriages-1879-1891- MFPR 353

Marriages-1891-1915- MFPR 365

Marriages-1915-1965- MFPR 366

Marriages-1965-1979- Archives L133

FamilySearch has also microfilmed these parish (chapelry) registers from 1877-1951, and some have been transcribed (see above) and published online.

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.

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