St John the Evangelist Facit, Lancashire Genealogy

Parish History
Facit St John the Evangelist, Market Street, Facit is an ecclesiastical parish created in 1867  from Whitworth, Lancashire Ancient Parish.

The parish is in the Rochdale deanery of the Diocese of manchester and the modern parish is a united benefice of St Bartholomew, Whitworth and St John the Evangelist, Facit.



Church records
 parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Facit- St John Baptisms-1867-1930- MFPR 1554 Marriages-1872-1895- MFPR 1554 Marriages-1895-1954- MFPR 1555

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. John the Evangelist's Church, Facit, 1867-1954 Microfilm of original records formerly held at the Manchester Archives Central Library in Manchester, England. Facit is an ecclesiastical district in Rochdale parish. Manchester Archives Central Library call no.: L208/1/1/1-2, L208/1/2/1-6.

Civil registration
Post 1837 events may be searched online at Free BMD

Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD

Poor Law Unions
Rochdale Poor Law Union

Websites
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53029#n83 British History online