Ringley, Lancashire Genealogy

England Lancashire  Lancashire Parishes

Guide to Ringley, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Chapelry History
RINGLEY, a chapelry, chiefly in the parish of Prestwich, partly in the union of Bolton and partly in that of Bury, hundred of Salford, S. division of Lancashire, 4 miles (S. E.) from Bolton. The river Irwell, the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury canal, a road between Bury and Bolton, and the East Lancashire railway, all run through the chapelry; and at Stoneclough, half a mile distant, is a station on the Bolton and Manchester railway. The chapel, dedicated to Our Saviour, was rebuilt in 1826 is in the early English style, with a tower. it is situated in the hamlet of Outwood and township of Pilkington. Ringley St Saviour was created a chapel of ease by at least 1719 from, and lying within the boundaries of Prestwich St Mary, Lancashire ancient parish.

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.

The Register Office, Town Hall, Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 0SW. Tel: 0161 253 6026. Fax: 0161 253 6028. E-mail: registeroffice@bury.gov.uk On-line indexes - Lancashire BMD

Online Records

 * 1538 - 1910 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1603 - 1910 at FamilySearch — index and images

 Church of England 

Ringley chapelry's registers of christenings, marriages and burials, along with those of the ancient parish of Prestwich to which it is attached, have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following websites and ranges of years:

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Ringley and comprising the whole ancient parish of Prestwich to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the PRESTWICH ST MARY PARISH page.

Parish registers for St. Savior's Church, Ringley, 1719-1960 Microfilm copy of originals formerly held at the Manchester Central Library, Manchester, England. Ringley is a chapelry in Prestwich parish. It is also known as St. Savior's Church.

Bishop's transcripts for Ringley, 1773-1847 Microreproduction of original manuscripts housed at the Lancashire Record Office, Preston. Ringley is a chapelry in the township of Pilkington in the parish of Prestwich. Lancashire Record Office: DRM/2/145-146

Non Conformist Records

 * 1647-1996 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Poor Law Unions
Prestwich 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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