Hollinwood, Lancashire Genealogy

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Chapelry History
HollinwoodSt Margaret was created a chapel of ease by 1769, lying in the township of Oldham St Mary, Lancashire ecclesiastical parish, but within the boundaries of Prestwich ancient parish. St Margaret's was formerly a chapelry in St Mary's parish whose chapelry records date from 1769. "HOLLINWOOD, a village and a chapelry in Prestwich parish, Lancashire. The village stands near the Rochdale canal and the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, 1½ mile SSW of Oldham; is modern and large; has a post office under Manchester, and several factories; and is a seat of petty sessions. The chapelry was constituted in 1835. Pop. in 1861, 6, 298. Houses, 1, 289. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £300.* Patron, the Rector of Prestwich. The church is plain. There are an Independent chapel of 1866, Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, and national-schools."

John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1872)

Civil Registration
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Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD

Church records
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Parish registers for St. Margaret's Church, Hollinwood, 1769-1955 Microfilm copy of originals formerly held at the Manchester Central Library, Manchester, England. Hollinwood is a chapelry in Prestwich parish. The chapelry was also known as St. Margaret's Church. Manchester Central Library call nos.: L41/1/2/4-10, L41/1/3/2-9, L41/1/4/3-7, L41/1/5/1-2.

Bishop's transcripts for Hollinwood, 1796-1854 Microreproduction of original manuscripts housed at the Lancashire Record Office, Preston. Bishop's transcripts of the Chapelry of Hollinwood (St. Margaret), in the parish of Prestwich, Lancashire, England. Hollinwood is a village near the city of Oldham and was often referred to as Oldham Hollinwood. The title board for item 3 should say Hollinwood, not Coldhurst. Baptisms and burials are also with the Oldham registers from 1782-1812. Lancashire Record Office: DRM/2/249a-250

Census records
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http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

Poor Law Unions
Oldham 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.

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