Chorlton cum Hardy, Lancashire Genealogy

Guide to Chorlton cum Hardy, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Chapelry History
CHORLTON, (St Clement) as of 1737 was in the parish of Manchester Our Lady, St George and St Denys, Lancashire, union of Chorlton-upon-Medlock, hundred of Salford, S. division of the county of Lancaster, 3½ miles south by southwest of Manchester. It has had a history of two church sites. In 1839, Chorlton Chapel was designated a parish church. However, by 1860, Chorlton had grown larger and more prosperous, and because the fabric of the brick building was in a poor state of repair, a new building was proposed. Lord Egerton provided land at the corner of what is now St Clement’s Road and Edge Lane for the new church building. After many delays, construction of the new church went ahead and the opening service was held in June 1866. The church was consecrated thirty years later. It was finally demolished in 1949.

Until 1512, the people of Chorlton had to travel to the Ancient Parish church of Manchester, for their baptisms, weddings, and funerals. The prominent Barlow family then established a chapel on what is now Chorlton Green, five minutes walk from the present church. The chapel remained a centre of worship in Chorlton for more than three hundred years.

The original timber-framed chapel was in use until 1779, when a new building was constructed in brick. Although no records prove that it was built on the site of the original chapel, the fact that some 18th Century graves can be found in the graveyard, the oldest dated 1708, suggests this is likely.

The mission church, St Barnabas, is in South Chorlton on the corner of Hardy Lane and Hurstville Road. Both are in the Diocese of Manchester.

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Civil Registration
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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)
 * 1647-1996 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

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.

Taxation

 * 1622 - 1622 Subsidy of Chorlton, Salford Hundred (p. 151)

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Websites
Chorlton cum Hardy on GENUKI

http://www.achurchnearyou.com/chorlton-cum-hardy-st-clement/ for information about the parish