Dukinfield, Cheshire Genealogy

Guide to Dukinfield, Cheshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
DUKINFIELD or Duckenfield, is a township, in the parish of Stockport, union of Ashton-under-Lyne, hundred of Macclesfield, N. division of the county of Chester; adjoining Ashton-under-Lyne. The River Tame separates the township from the town of Ashton-under-Lyne, in Lancashire. A church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, was erected in 1840-1841, and consecrated on May 24th in the latter year. An ecclesiastical parish, called St. Mark's, was formed of a part of Dukinfield adjoining Ashton, in February 1846. Another chapel was built and situated in the town of Stalybridge (which is partly in this township), called Castle Hall Chapel, was formed, also in 1846. The Calvinists, Independents, Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists, Methodists of the New Connexion, Moravians, Unitarians, and Roman Catholics have places of worship.

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Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Cheshire ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Cheshire ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
 * 1671-1900 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)
 * The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Independent/Congregational
 * Methodist New Connexion
 * Moravian/United Brethren
 * Plymouth Brethren
 * Presbyterian Unitarian
 * Primitive Methodist
 * Roman Catholic
 * Wesleyan Methodist
 * Free Methodist

Non-Conformists records:

Here is a list of parish registers on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Burials, Moravian Chapel, Dukinfield, 1754-1840 Microfilm of original records at the Astley Cheetham Public Library in Stalybridge, Cheshire

Church records for Astley Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Dukinfield, 1919-1941 Manchester Archives Central Library call no.: M275.

Church records for Bethesda, Wellington Street New Connexion Methodist Chapel, Dukinfield, 1840-1911 Manchester Archives Central Library call no.: L10/74.

Church records for Foundry Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Dukinfield, 1850-1958 Manchester Archives Central Library call no.: C/12/3.

Church records for Park Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Dukinfield, 1855-1967 Manchester Archives Central Library call no.: L10/10, M275.

Presbyterian Church Dukinfield, Church records, 1670-1840 RG-4 series nos. 1799, 3764A, 2520, 576, 165, 710.

Old Chapel Dukinfield Presbyterian/Unitarian Church records, 1677-1985. Microfilm of original records at the Tameside Libraries and Arts Dept., Stalybridge, Cheshire.

Moravian Chapel Dukinfield, Cheshire Church records, 1784-1839 RG-4 series no. 97.

Moravian Chapel Fairfield, Lancashire Church records, 1785-1840 Public Record Office nos.: RG4/3122, 3123

Providence Chapel Dukinfield, Cheshire: Independent Church records, 1806-1837 RG-4 series nos. 179-181.

Caroline Street Chapel Stalybridge, England Wesleyan Church records, 1812-1837 RG-4 series nos. 545, 546, 547.

Old Chapel Dukinfield, Cheshire: Presbyterian/Unitarian Early marriages 1677-1713 Manchester and Lancashire FHS Library no.: RC 363

Extracts from the registers of the non-conformist chapel, Dukinfield, kept by the Rev. Samuel Angier, 1677 to 1713

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from 1 July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. Here are two excellent Internet sites with birth, marriage and death indexes available:


 * FreeBMD
 * Cheshire BMD

Registration Districts

 * Ashton under Lyn (1837-1937)
 * Hyde (1937-1974)

Poor Law

 * Ashton under Lyn

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Cheshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

See also England Cheshire Probate Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

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

Websites
Dukinfield on GENUKI