Stalybridge St Paul, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire  Cheshire Parishes  Stalybridge St Paul

History
STALYBRIDGE, a market-town, in the union of Ashton-under-Lyne; partly in the Hartshead division of the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, hundred of Salford, S. division of the county of Lancaster; partly in the township of Dukinfield, parish of Stockport, and partly in the township of Stayley, parish of Mottram-in-Longdendale, hundred of Macclesfield, N. division of the county of Chester; 1 mile (E. by S.) from Ashton, 7 miles (E.) from Manchester, and 8 (N. E. by N.) from Stockport.

The chapel, at Cocker Hill, dedicated to St. George, was erected by subscription in 1776. An additional church, also dedicated to St. George, was built in 1840. At Stayley and Dukinfield are other churches. There are places of worship for General and Particular Baptists, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, Methodists of the New Connexion, Independents, and Roman Catholics.

Stalybridge St Paul is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1840 from Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire Ancient Parish.

A meeting was held on the 9th May 1835 in the Eagle Inn to which 13 gentlemen attended; 12 local mill owners and a local solicitor. They were all of the opinion that a new church should be built in the township of Stayley. A subscription list was opened at the meeting and 1,040 pounds was pledged and which was found to be over a quarter of the money required to build the new church. The Earl of Stamford donated 10,627 square yards of land upon which to build the church and for the original grave yard. Richard Tattersall of Manchester was chosen as the architect with the brief that the design was to be the Early English Perpendicular Style of the 13th century. The Foundation Stone was laid by Viscount Combermere on the 2nd February 1838 with an impressive ceremony which was watched by some 12,000 - 15,000 prople. The church was consecrated on the 9th October 1839 and almost the total cost of 4,100 pounds was covered by the subscriptions raised.

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.

Local online registration events may be searched Cheshire BMD

Church records
Stalybridge St. Paul registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups:

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

An index for Cheshire parish registers is available online in Historical Records

Parish registers for St. Paul's, Staleybridge, 1839-1991 Microfilm copy of original record in the Cheshire Record Office, Chester, England. Staleybridge- St. Paul has also been known as the chaplery of Staley. Was formerly in Mottram-in-Longdendale and Stockport parishes. Cheshire Record Office no.: P150/1/1-3, P150/2/1-10, P150/3/1-8, P150/4202/1, P150/5354/4, P150/4202/4.

Poor Law Unions
Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, Poor Law Union

Probate records
Cheshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes S-Z

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