Comprehensive List of Parish and Chapelries of Prestwich Parish

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Prestwich St Mary's was an ancient* parish in close proximity of and located 4.5 miles northwest of the City of Manchester, and had the following chapelries and parish associated with it:


 * Oldham St James Greenacres Moor - 1829
 * (sometimes refered to as Whitefield Chapelry)
 * Oldham St James Greenacres Moor - 1829
 * (sometimes refered to as Whitefield Chapelry)
 * Oldham St James Greenacres Moor - 1829
 * (sometimes refered to as Whitefield Chapelry)
 * (sometimes refered to as Whitefield Chapelry)
 * (sometimes refered to as Whitefield Chapelry)
 * (sometimes refered to as Whitefield Chapelry)
 * (sometimes refered to as Whitefield Chapelry)
 * (sometimes refered to as Whitefield Chapelry)
 * (sometimes refered to as Whitefield Chapelry)
 * (sometimes refered to as Whitefield Chapelry)
 * (sometimes refered to as Whitefield Chapelry)
 * (sometimes refered to as Whitefield Chapelry)
 * (sometimes refered to as Whitefield Chapelry)

Helpful Links: 

Some of Prestwich's chapelry registers are also being indexed and posted online at the Lancashire "Online Parish Clerk" project.

The website, "A Church Near You" provides some information on some chapelries (and parishes): www.achurchnearyou.com

Bibliography:

Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, by Youngs, Frederic A. Pub: The Royal Historical Society, London 1991

Topographical Dictionary of England. Lewis Samuel. Pub: Samuel A. Lewis &amp; Co. London 1841

A Comprehensive Gazetteer of England 18. by Bell, James. A. Pub.: Fullarton &amp; Co. Glasgow 1836

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. by A. Fullarton &amp; Co. Glasgow and London ca. 1869 (see www.visionofBritain.org.uk)