Albert Park Wesleyan, Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury, Lancashire Genealogy

History
The Wesleyan Methodist church was formed in the 18th century from religous societies founded by John Wesley and his preachers. It suffered many secessions, but was the largest Nonconformist denomination in the 19th century. In 1932 the Wesleyan Methodists joined with the Primitive Methodists and the United Methodists to form the Methodist Church of Great Britain. The Barlow Moor Road chapel was founded in 1883 and closed in the 1960's.

The modern chapel is

Didsbury Methodist Church, Sandhurst Road, Didsbury M20 5LR Tel: 0161 445 9950

Website: www.didsburymethodist.org.uk

Civil registration
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Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths

Chapel records
Didsbury- Albert Park Wesleyan, Barlow Moor Road Baptisms-1883-1965- MFPR 2122 Marriages-1887-1965- MFPR 2122

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

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

Church records for Albert Park Barlow Moor Road Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Didsbury, 1883-1965 Microfilm copy of original registers filmed at the Manchester Archives Central Library in Manchester, England.

Didsbury is a township-chapelry and a sub-district, in Chorlton district. The Methodist chapel is within the Manchester Circuit.

The chapel is within the Didsbury St James, Lancashire Ecclesiastical parish.