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Church Register List

Stockport to Swinton

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Stockport- Brunswick Wesleyan, Portwood
Burials Transcript-1848-1954- N. Cheshire FHS Fiche

Stockport- Ebenezer Primitive Methodist
Baptisms-1831-1837- MFPR 297. Also searchable on-line.

Stockport- High Street Presbyterian
Baptisms-1761-1837- MFPR 297. Also searchable on-line.
Burials-1785-1835- MFPR 297. Also searchable on-line.

Stockport- Hill Gate Tabernacle, Independent
Baptisms-1709-1837- MFPR 297. Also searchable on-line.
Burials-1807-1836- MFPR 297. Also searchable on-line.

Stockport- Hyde Chapel Presbyterian, Gee Cross- See Hyde, Hyde Chapel Presbyterian, Gee Cross

Stockport- Orchard Street Independent
Baptisms-1788-1805- MFPR 297. Also searchable on-line.
Baptisms-1805-1811- MFPR 298. Also searchable on-line.
Baptisms-1822-1837- MFPR 298. Also searchable on-line.

Stockport- St Mary
Baptism Index-1745-1755- F929.342734 St1
Baptisms-1584-1629- MFPR 370
Baptisms-1629-1791- MFPR 371
Baptisms-1792-1821- MFPR 372
Baptisms-1821-1835- MFPR 373
Baptisms-1835-1849- MFPR 374
Baptisms-1849-1878- MFPR 375
Baptisms-1878-1901- MFPR 376
Burial Index-1745-1755- F929.342734 St1
Burials-1584-1629- MFPR 370
Burials-1629-1791- MFPR 371
Burials-1792-1823- MFPR 385
Burials-1824-1838- MFPR 386
Burials-1838-1909- MFPR 387
Burials Transcript-1584-1913- N. Cheshire FHS Fiche 
Marriage Index-1799-1837- Stockport Fiche
Marriages-1584-1629- MFPR 370
Marriages-1629-1754- MFPR 371
Marriages-1754-1799- MFPR 377
Marriages-1799-1818- MFPR 377A
Marriages-1818-1837- MFPR 377B
Marriages-1837-1847- MFPR 378
Marriages-1847-1853- MFPR 379
Marriages-1853-1861- MFPR 380
Marriages-1861-1868- MFPR 381
Marriages-1868-1876- MFPR 382
Marriages-1876-1886- MFPR 383
Marriages-1886-1901- MFPR 384
Registers Transcript-1584-1620- 929.3271 S1

For original registers of above please enquire at Cheshire Record Office.

Stockport- St Peter
Burials Transcript-1816-1935- N. Cheshire FHS Fiche

For original registers of above please enquire at Cheshire Record Office.

Stockport- St Thomas
Baptisms-1837-1880- MFPR 809
Burials-1825-1847- MFPR 809
Burials-1847-1856- MFPR 810
Burials Transcript-1825-1974- N. Cheshire FHS Fiche

For original registers of above please enquire at Cheshire Record Office.

Stockport- Tiviot Dale Wesleyan
Burials Transcript-1826-1943- N. Cheshire FHS Fiche

Stockport- Windmill Room Independent
Baptisms-1818-1837- MFPR 297. Also searchable on-line.

Stockton Heath- Independent Methodist
Baptisms-1815-1855- MFPR 2271. Also searchable on-line.

Stockton Heath- St Thomas
Baptisms-1838-1863- MFPR 840
Burials-1839-1868- MFPR 840
Marriages-1841-1903- MFPR 840

For original registers of above please enquire at Cheshire Record Office.

Stoke (Cheshire)- St Thomas
Baptisms-1573-1925- MFPR 718
Burials-1573-1889-MFPR 718
Marriages-1573-1964- MFPR 718

For original registers of above please enquire at Cheshire Record Office.

Strangeways-- See Cheetham

Stretford- All Saints
Baptisms-1885-1928- MFPR 1609 or MFPR 2015
Marriages-1891-1937- MFPR 1609 or MFPR 2015

Stretford- City Road Wesleyan, Old Trafford
Baptisms-1861-1938- Archives M212/4
Marriages-1927-1936- Archives M275

Stretford- Lostock Presbyterian
Baptisms-1944-1958- MFPR 1974

Stretford- St Matthew
Baptisms-1598-1712- MFPR 866
Baptisms-1712-1781- MFPR 866 or MFPR 2041
Baptisms-1781-1794- MFPR 866
Baptisms-1794-1812- MFPR 866 or MFPR 2041
Baptisms-1812-1871- MFPR 866
Baptisms-1871-1932- MFPR 1721
Baptisms-1932-1979- Archives L89
Baptisms Transcript-1589-1837- 929.342731 STR(644) (LPRS Vol. 169)
Burials-1599-1712- MFPR 866
Burials-1712-1781- MFPR 866 or MFPR 2041
Burials-1781-1794- MFPR 866
Burials-1794-1812- MFPR 866 or MFPR 2041
Burials-1813-1855- MFPR 867 or MFPR 2041
Burials-1855-1960- MFPR 1725 or MFPR 2041
Burials Transcript-1649-1837- 929.342731 STR(644) (LPRS Vol. 169) Marriages-1599-1712- MFPR 866
Marriages-1712-1754- MFPR 866 or MFPR 2041
Marriages-1769-1781- MFPR 2041
Marriages-1835-1883- MFPR 867
Marriages-1883-1913- MFPR 1722
Marriages-1913-1931- MFPR 1723
Marriages-1932-1939- MFPR 1724
Marriages-1939-1943- MFPR 1724 or MFPR 2041
Marriages-1943-1986- Archives L89
Marriages Transcript-1603-1781- 929.342731 STR(644) (LPRS Vol. 169)

Stretford- St Peter
Baptisms-1905-1952- MFPR 1600
Marriages-1916-1964- MFPR 1601

Stretford- Stretford Wesleyan, Edge Lane (formerly Chester Road)
Baptisms-1847-1908- Archives M212/6
Marriages-1866-1923- Archives M212/6
Marriages-1935-1963- Archives M275

Styal- Quarry Bank Presbyterian- See Pownall Fee, Quarry Bank Presbyterian

Summerseat- St Wilfrid
Marriages-1944-1967- Archives L21/12

Summerseat- Wesleyan
Baptisms-1830-1837- MFPR 291. Also searchable on-line.
Burials-1831-1837- MFPR 291. Also searchable on-line.

Sutton (Macclesfield)- Brunswick Wesleyan
Baptisms-1828-1837- MFPR 2271. Also searchable on-line.
Burials-1824-1837- MFPR 2271. Also searchable on-line.

Sutton (Macclesfield)- St George
Baptisms-1823-1881- MFPR 820
Marriages-1835-1883- MFPR 820

For original registers of above please enquire at Cheshire Record Office.

Sutton (Macclesfield)- St James
Baptisms-1840-1845- MFPR 820

For original registers of above please enquire at Cheshire Record Office.

Swarthmoor- Monthly Meeting, Quaker
Registers Index- MFPR 938
See Lancashire, Quarterly Meeting for details of the registers index, covering the period up to 1837.

Swettenham- St Peter
Baptisms-1570-1890- MFPR 642
Burials-1570-1881- MFPR 642
Marriages-1570-1835- MFPR 642

For original registers of above please enquire at Cheshire Record Office.

Swinton- Chorley Road Primitive Methodist (formerly Wardley Lane)
Baptisms-1859-1927- Archives L51/12
Marriages-1924-1967- Archives M275

Swinton- Holy Rood
Baptisms-1865-1875- MFPR 1581
Baptisms-1876-1892- MFPR 2017

Swinton- Presbyterian
Baptisms-1833-1837- MFPR 290. Also searchable on-line.

Swinton- St Paul's Wesleyan, Station Road
Baptisms-1814-1837- MFPR 290
Baptisms-1839-1964- Archives L51/5
Burials-1833-1837- MFPR 290
Burials-1841-1945- Archives L51/5
Marriages-1861-1899- Archives L51/5
Marriages-1899-1964- Archives M275

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

Swinton- Worsley Road United Methodist Free Church (formerly Moor Lane)
Baptisms-1873-1951- Archives L51/17

Further information

Catholic Register Index

An index to persons named in a number of Roman Catholic registers which have been transcribed and/or indexed by the Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society's Irish Ancestry Branch (Pilot site -subject to change)

Copying from Parish Registers

Learn how to order copies from the microfilms of parish registers.

Family Search

Enables people to search for baptism and marriage entries throughout the British Isles. Many of the local churches are covered, including Manchester Cathedral.

Genuki Church Map

A map of the location of churches in Manchester.

National Burial Index

This is an index to over 13 million burials taken mainly from church registers. It is also now available on the Find My Past subscription web site.

The Lancashire Online Parish Clerks Project

This project aims to extract and preserve the records from the various parishes and to provide online access to that data, free of charge. Transcripts of various parish registers are available on this web site.

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