Manchester St Philip, Bradford Road, Lancashire Genealogy

England Lancashire  Lancashire Parishes

Chapel History
BRADFORD-ROAD St Philip, a chapelry in Manchester parish, Lancashire; in the eastern suburbs of Manchester. It was constituted in 1837, and reconstituted in 1850. Pop., 10,540. Houses, 2,043. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester.

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

Church Records
Online Records
 * 1538 - 1910 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1603 - 1910 at FamilySearch — index and images

There are online transcriptions for St Philip Manchester Chapelry and as well as for its mother (ancient) parish (Cathedral) of Our Lady, St George and St Denys. Displayed below are links to the chapelry's (and the Cathedral) online transcriptions located at the web sites indicated; note the ranges of years:

To view a full list of list of all of Manchester City's numerous chapelries and district churches (over 150), see the ancient parish of MANCHESTER, OUR LADY, ST GEORGE &amp; ST DENYS page.

Original Records

St Philip Manchester Chapelry registers of baptisms, marriages and burials have been microfilmed and imaged by FamilySearch. Most of the data is now available online at its website. The original parish (chapelry) registers are housed at the Manchester Archives and Local Studies Central Library, St Peters Square, Manchester.

Poor Law Unions
Manchester 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
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