Norden St Paul, Rochdale, Lancashire Genealogy

History
Norden St Paul Rochdale is an ecclesiastical parish created from Rochdale St Chad, Lancashire Ancient parish

Norden is a suburban village within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It is situated on the western edge of Rochdale in the county of Lancashire.

The parish is within the Rochdale Deanery of the the Diocese of Manchester.



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 Free BMD.

Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD

Church records
 parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Parish registers for Norden, 1862-1992 Microfilm copy of original registers filmed and formerly held at the Manchester Archives Central Library in Manchester, England. Norden was a chapelry in Rochdale parish. The church was known as St. Paul's. Manchester Archives Central Library call nos.: L 249.

Norden- St Paul Baptisms-1862-1920- MFPR 2158 Baptisms-1920-1986- Archives L249 Burials-1863-1993- MFPR 2158 Marriages-1862-1910- MFPR 2158

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

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

Census Records
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Poor Law Unions
Rochdale 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place. England Jurisdictions 1851

Websites
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