Hulme St George, Lancashire Genealogy

Guide to Hulme St George, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Chapelry History
Hulme (St George) was built in the year 1828 and was one of what was to become, eight chapelries serving Hulme Township and all which stood within the parish boundaries of Manchester. Hulme St George was the garrison church for the nearby barracks. It became redundant and later derelict before being converted to residential accommodation as part of the local regeneration of the inner city.

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.

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

Online transcriptions for Hulme St George Chapelry exist. The links to online transcriptions include most of its additional 10 sister chapelries. These chapelries comprise the large township of Hulme, which partly comprises one of the larger chapelry districts within the boundary ancient parish of Manchester (Cathedral) Our Lady, St George, and St Denys--to which all were attached.

Links to online baptisms, marriages and burials registers are displayed below and located at the web sites indicated; note the ranges of years:

To view a full list of all chapelries and district churches in the ancient parish of Manchester and their respective links to online transcriptions of their baptisms, marriages and burials, be sure to visit the MANCHESTER (CATHEDRAL) OUR LADY, ST GEORGE &amp; ST DENYS page.

Original Records

Original parish (chapelry) registers for St. George's Church, Hulme, 1828-1983 exist and are housed at the Manchester Central Library, Manchester, England.

Hulme St George was a township chapelry possessing ten other parochial chapelries--all in Manchester ancient parish. Manchester Central Library call nos.: M383/1/1/1-10, M383/1/2/1-9, M383/1/3/1-8.

FamilySearch has microfilmed these original registers and most of the data has been transcribed and is now searchable online at its website. The original available, are follows:

Bishop's transcripts for Hulme, near Manchester, 1828-1841Microreproduction of original manuscripts housed at the Lancashire Record Office, Preston. Bishop's transcripts from the chapelry of St. George in the township of Hulme, Manchester parish, Lancashire. Lancashire Record Office: DRM/2/213a

Non Conformist Records

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

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
 * Vision of Britain