Prestwich St Mary, Lancashire Genealogy

England Lancashire  Lancashire Parishes  Prestwich

See a "Comprehensive List of Parish and Chapelries of Prestwich Parish"

Parish History
"PRESTWICH St Mary, a  parish, in the hundred of Salford, S. division of Lancashire; comprising the parochial chapelry of Oldham (in which are the townships of Oldham, Chadderton, Crompton, and Royton), and the townships of Alkrington, Great and Little Heaton, Pilkington, and Tonge, 4 miles northwest by west of Manchester."

There were churches built in the ecclesiastical districts of Ringley, Stand, and Unsworth, all in Pilkington township; a church at Tonge, and numerous chapelries as well in the parochial chapelry of Oldham. In Prestwich parish are also numerous places of worship for dissenters; in Prestwich township is one for Wesleyan Methodists.

Other places in the parish include: Outwood, Pilkington, Prestolee, Little Heaton, Rigley, Great Heaton, and Rayton.

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.

Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD


 * Manchester 1837-1874
 * Prestwich 1874-1925
 * Mancester North 1925-1934
 * Heywood 1934-1974
 * Greater Manchester post 1974

Online Records
Prestwich St. Mary parish registers and those registers of all of its smaller chapelries lying within its boundaries have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following web sites and ranges of years:

Parish registers for St. Mary's Church, Prestwich, 1450-1950 Microfilm copy of originals formerly held at the Manchester Central Library, Manchester, England. The parish church is known as St. Mary's. Manchester Central Library call nos.: L160/1/8/1-7; L160/1/1/1-6; L160/1/2/1-2; L160/1/3/1-7; L160/1/4/1-50; L160/1/1/1-8; L160/1/9/1-2, 4, 6-11.

The following on-line indexes exist for this church:


 * Baptisms and Marriages 1603-1712 are indexed on the International Genealogical Index.
 * Marriages 1837-1900 are indexed on Lancashire BMD.
 * Baptisms 1603-1854; Marriages 1603-1838 (some gaps); and Burials 1603-1850 (some gaps) are indexed and transcribed on the Lancashire Online Parish Clerks website.

Banns-1809-1821- MFPR 2038 Banns-1851-1852- MFPR 2038 Banns-1852-1856- MFPR 2039 Banns-1874-1947- MFPR 2039 Baptism Index-1695-1940- MFPR 1084 Baptisms-1603-1712- MFPR 2037 Baptisms-1712-1752- MFPR 108 or MFPR 2037 Baptisms-1752-1843- MFPR 108 or MFPR 2253-2254 Baptisms-1843-1891- MFPR 1561 or MFPR 2254 Baptisms-1891-1936- MFPR 1562 or MFPR 2254 Baptisms Transcript-1599-1600- 929.3272 P13 Baptisms Transcript-1603-1688- 929.3272 P13 Baptisms Transcript-1689-1711- 929.3272 M1 Burial Index-1695-1918- MFPR 1084 Burial Index-1918-1939- MFPR 1085 Burials-1603-1678- MFPR 2037 Burials-1678-1681- MFPR 2037 or MFPR 2040 Burials-1681-1712- MFPR 2037 Burials-1712-1752- MFPR 111 or MFPR 2037 Burials-1752-1812- MFPR 111 or MFPR 2253 Burials-1813-1843- MFPR 111 or MFPR 2258 Burials-1843-1865- MFPR 1576 or MFPR 2258 Burials-1865-1885- MFPR 1576 or MFPR 2038 Burials-1885-1921- MFPR 1577 or MFPR 2038 Burials Transcript-1599-1600- 929.3272 P13 Burials Transcript-1603-1688- 929.3272 P13 Burials Transcript-1689-1711- 929.3272 M1 Marriage Index-1713-1939- MFPR 1085 Marriage Index-1695-1713- MFPR 1084 Marriages-1603-1713- MFPR 2037 Marriages-1713-1752- MFPR 109 or MFPR 2037 Marriages-1752-1813- MFPR 109 or MFPR 2253-2255 Marriages-1813-1837- MFPR 110 or MFPR 2256-2257 Marriages-1837-1840- MFPR 1563 Marriages-1840-1843- MFPR 1564 Marriages-1843-1846- MFPR 1565 Marriages-1846-1849- MFPR 1566 Marriages-1849-1852- MFPR 1567 Marriages-1852-1856- MFPR 1568 Marriages-1856-1860- MFPR 1569 Marriages-1860-1867- MFPR 1570 Marriages-1867-1875- MFPR 1571 Marriages-1875-1882- MFPR 1572 Marriages-1882-1908- MFPR 1573 Marriages-1908-1942- MFPR 1574 Marriages-1942-1972- MFPR 1575 Marriages Transcript-1599-1600- 929.3272 P13 Marriages Transcript-1603-1688- 929.3272 P13 Marriages Transcript-1689-1712- 929.3272 M1

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

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

Bishop's transcripts for Prestwich, 1599-1883 Microreproduction of original manuscripts housed at the Lancashire Record Office, Preston. Lancashire Record Office: DRM/2/259-264

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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53001 British History Online

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53002

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53006 Pilkington