Failsworth, Lancashire Genealogy

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Chapelry History
FAILSWORTH, a township, with a district church, in the parish of Manchester, hundred of Salford, S. division of the county of Lancaster, 4¼ miles northeast by east from Manchester. The church district was created by 1844. The church, St. John's, was erected by 1846.

The dissenters have a place of worship in the township.

Failsworth St John was created a district chapel in 1844 from Manchester our Lady, St George and Denys ancient parish.

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

Online transcriptions exist for Failsworth St John and Holy Innocents as well as for the ancient parish of Manchester (Cathedral), Our Lady, St George and St Denys. The online data content of baptism, marriage and burial registers are located at the web sites indicated below; note the ranges of years:

To view a full list of all the (over 150) ecclesiastical parishes, chapelries and district churches in Manchester Parish, and, to see the available links to each one, be sure to visit the MANCHESTER (CATHEDRAL) OUR LADY, ST GEORGE &amp; ST DENYS page.

Original Records Original parish registers, 1845-1976 for the chapelry of Failsworth are located at the Manchester Central Library.

Failsworth township is in the parish of Manchester Our Lady, St George and St Denys, Lancashire FamilySearch has the following copies of registers for St John's (none currently available for Holy Innocents):

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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