Radcliffe St Thomas, Lancashire Genealogy

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Chapelry History
St. Thomas's district, Radcliffe-Bridge, was formed in 1819 from, and lying within the boundaries of Radcliffe St Mary, and has a population of 3000. The living is a perpetual curacy, also in the patronage of the Earl of Wilton, with a net income of £150, and a residence: the church was erected in 1819 by the Dowager Marchioness of Westminster, at a cost of £5000, and is a substantial stone building, fitted up with solid oak.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis (1848), pp. 627-630. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51228 Date accessed: 20 July 2010.

Radcliffe St Thomas was created district church by 1821 from Radcliffe, St Mary Lancashire Ancient Parish.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Radcliffe- St Thomas Baptisms-1819-1825- MFPR 150 or MFPR 2097 Baptisms-1825-1837- MFPR 150 Baptisms-1837-1837- MFPR 150 or MFPR 2097 Baptisms-1837-1859- MFPR 150 Baptisms-1859-1899- MFPR 1587 Baptisms-1899-1981- MFPR 1588 Baptisms Transcript-1819-1886- q929.32738 RAD (976) Baptisms Transcript-1886-1981- q929.32738 RAD (022) Burials-1826-1854- MFPR 150 Burials-1854-1890- MFPR 1593 Burials-1890-1964- MFPR 1594 Burials Transcript-1819-1964- q929.32738 RAD (553) Marriages-1849-1894- MFPR 1589 Marriages-1894-1928- MFPR 1590 Marriages-1928-1969- MFPR 1591 Marriages-1969-1987- MFPR 1592 Marriages Transcript-1849-1894- q929.32738 RAD (008) Marriages Transcript-1894-1928- q929.32738 RAD (008) Marriages Transcript-1928-1987- q929.32738 RAD (008)

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

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

Parish registers for St. Thomas' Church, Radcliffe, 1813-1964 Microfilm of originals in St. Thomas Church, Radcliffe, and at the Manchester Archives Central Library in Manchester, England. Manchester Archives Central Library call nos.: L155/1/1/3-7; L155/1/2/2-7; L155/1/3/4-10.

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
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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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