Chorlton upon Medlock St Luke, Lancashire Genealogy

Guide to Chorlton upon Medlock St Luke, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Chapelry History
St Luke Chorlton upon Medlock was built in the year 1804 as a chapel of ease; it lay within the boundaries of Manchester Our Lady, St George and St Denys, Lancashire Parish. It was one of three pre-1851 chapels serving this township region next to Manchester City proper, and included All Saints and St Saviour. Other places in the parish include: All Saints and Chorlton on Medlock St Saviour. It was taken from and lying within the parish boundaries of Manchester ancient Parish. All Saints the a parochial chapel and with St Luke became one of five chapelries within Chorlton upon Medlock township, including also St Paul, St Saviour's and St Stephen [which also see].

The church was closed in 1962.

"CHORLTON-UPON-MEDLOCK, a township, with eight chapelries, and a sub-district in Chorlton district, in Manchester parish, Lancashire. The township lies within Manchester borough, and includes the south-eastern part of Manchester city. The chapelries built, were All Saints, St Ambrose, St Clement, St. Luke, St Matthias, St. Saviour, St. Stephen, and St. Paul. St. Luke's was in operation by 1805.

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Civil Registration
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Lancashire Online Parish Clerks
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http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Manchester/Chorlton-on-Medlock/stluke/stluke.html

Church Records
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Church of England
Chapelry is a church or churches built in a large ecclesiastical parish to help the members attend worship services closer to their homes.

Online Parish Records Table

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 * Joiner Marriage Index - Lancashire ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Lancashire ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
 * OnLine Parish Clerks - Lancashire - OnLine Parish Clerks project for Lancashire

Non-Conformist Churches (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Poor Law Unions
Chorlton Poor Law Union,Lancashire

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
 * http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=20875 Chorlton Upon Medlock

Websites
Chorlton on Medlock on GENUKI