Swinton St Peter, Lancashire Genealogy

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

Chapelry History
Swinton St Peter was created a chapel of ease in 1806 from, and lying within the boundaries of Eccles Ancient Parish.

"SWINTON, a chapelry, in thetownship of Worsley, parish of Eccles, hundred of Salford, S. division of the county of Lancaster, 5 miles west by north from Manchester.

The chapel of Swinton, dedicated to St. Peter, built by subscription in 1791.

There are places of worship for Wesleyans, Independents, Unitarians; and a Church Sunday ."

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. Here are two major Internet sites with name lists or indexes:


 * 1) FreeBMD - over 250 million births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales
 * 2) Lancashire BMD - Online index of Lancashire (only) Births, Marriages and Deaths

Online Records

 * 1538 - 1910 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1603 - 1910 at FamilySearch — index and images

 Church of England 

Swinton chapelry's registers of christenings, marriages and burials, along with those of the ancient parish of Eccles to which it is attached, have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following websites and ranges of years:

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Swinton and comprising the whole ancient parish of Eccles to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the ECCLES ST MARY PARISH page.

Parish registers for St. Peter's Church, Swinton, 1791-1928 Microfilm of original records formerly held in the Manchester Central Library, Manchester. Swinton is a chapelry in the parish of Eccles. Mancester Archives Central Library call nos.: L 174/1/2/1-3; L 174/1/3/1-3; L 174/1/4/1-2.

Online there is a marriage register for Swinton St Peter, Lancashire for the years 1878-79. Click on this link Marriage record online

Swinton- St Peter Baptisms-1791-1852- MFPR 147 or 2237-2240 Baptisms-1852-1863- MFPR 1581 or MFPR 2043 or 2040-2041 Baptisms-1863-1894- MFPR 1581 or MFPR 2043 Baptisms-1894-1939- Archives L174 Burials 1792-1809, 1811-1825- MFPR 2251 Burials-1826-1864- Archives L49/1/9 Burials-1847-1928- MFPR 1583 Burials-1928-1987- Archives L174 Marriages-1839-1839- MFPR 1582 Marriages-1850-1878- MFPR 1582 or MFPR 2043 Marriages-1878-1897- MFPR 1582 Marriages-1897-1937- Archives L174

The Manchester Room and Greater Manchester County Record Office Email: archiveslocalstudies@manchester.gov.uk

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

Bishop's transcripts for Eccles, 1613-1864 Microreproduction of original manuscripts housed at the Lancashire Record Office, Preston. Bishop's transcripts from the parish of Eccles and the chapelries of St. Thomas' (Pendleton), St. Peter's (Swinton), Ellenbrook, St. Paul's (Walkden Moor), St. John's (Pendlebury), St. Catherine's (Barton-upon-Irwell) and St. Mark's (Worsley). Lancashire Record Office: DRM/2/82-108

Non Conformist Records

 * 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
Barton upon Irwell Lancashire 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.

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