Denton, Lancashire Genealogy
Guide to Denton, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Denton, Lancashire | |
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| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Salford |
| County | Lancashire |
| Poor Law Union | Ashton Under Lyne |
| Registration District | Ashton under Lyne |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: None | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1700 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Ashton Under Lyne |
| Diocese | Manchester |
| Province | York |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Location of Archive | |
| Lancashire Record Office | |
Contents
Chapelry History[edit | edit source]
DENTON, [St Lawrence]a chapelry, in the parish of Manchester, union of Ashton-under-Lyne, hundred of Salford, S. division of the county of Lancaster, 3¾ miles northeast by north of Stockport and about 5 miles from Manchester Town. The chapel originally was dedicated to St James, was erected about 1530 [chapel registers commence in 1696]. Th'Owd Peg as it is known locally due to the timber frame construction St Lawrence Denton was founded in 1468. Originally the timber-framed structure was neither a parish church nor dedicated to St. Lawrence. It began as a chapel of ease for the medieval manor of Denton within the Parish of Manchester, dedicated to St. James. It became a parish church under the name St. Lawrence in 1839. The Church was dedicated to St. Lawrence as a result of the discovery within the structure of fragments of glass depicting the martyrdom of St. Lawrence. These fragments are now incorporated into a window on the south side of the sanctuary.The Wesleyans and others have places of worship.[1]
Also another church district, comprising part of the township of Denton, and part of that of Haughton, and called Christ-Church, was formed in April, 1846.
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
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.
Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD
Church records[edit | edit source]
Online Records
- 1538 - 1910 England, Lancashire, Parish Registers 1538-1910 at FamilySearch — index
- 1603 - 1910 England, Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1603-1910 at FamilySearch — index and images
Online transcriptions exist for Denton St Lawrence Chapelry and its other (two) chapelries that comprise this township--all of which stand within the ancient parish boundary of Manchester Our Lady, St George and St Denys Cathedral. Haughton's two chapelries were contiguous to these chapelry and are included here (see below--St Ann and St Mary's).
To access these online transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials you can view them at the web sites indicated below; note the range of years:
| FS =FamilySearch.org | |||||
| LOPC = Lancashire Online Parish Clerk | |||||
| FMP = FMP = findmypast | |||||
| LBMD = Lancashire BMD | |||||
| AC = Ancestry.co.uk |
| DENTON ST LAWRENCE Chapelry (1695) Indexes | |||||||||||
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||||||||
| AC | 1695-1812 | 1695-1812 | 1695-1812 | ||||||||
| AC | 1813-1915 | 1882-1930 | 1813-1893 | ||||||||
| FS | 1696-1922 | 1698-1939 | 1696-1873 | ||||||||
| LBMD | 1837-1937 | 1854-1993 | 1837-1937 | ||||||||
| FMP | None | 1698-1754 | None | ||||||||
| DENTON ST GEORGE, DANEBANK Chapelry (1841) Indexes | |||||||||||
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||||||||
| FS | None | None | None | ||||||||
| LOPC | None | None | None | ||||||||
| LBMD | 1837-1937 | 1854-1993 | 1837-1937 | ||||||||
| DENTON CHRIST CHURCH Chapelry (1826) Indexes | |||||||||||
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||||||||
| AC | 1848-1914 | ||||||||||
| FS | 1826-1894 | 1854-1898 | None | ||||||||
| LBMD | 1837-1937 | 1854-1993 | 1837-1937 | ||||||||
| HAUGHTON ST ANN Chapelry (1882) Indexes | |||||||||||
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||||||||
| FS | 1882-1909 | 1882-1916 | None | ||||||||
| LOPC | None | None | None | ||||||||
| HAUGHTON ST MARY THE VIRGIN Chapelry (1876) Indexes | |||||||||||
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||||||||
| FS | None | None | None | ||||||||
| LOPC | None | None | None | ||||||||
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MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL - OUR LADY, ST GEORGE AND ST DENYS (1573) Indexes | |||||||||||
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Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | ||||||||
| FS | 1573-1872 | 1573-1889 | None | ||||||||
| LOPC | 1573-1616;1777-1837 | 1573-1616;1782-1836 - part. yrs | 1573-1616;1792-1836 - part. yrs | ||||||||
| LBMD | 1837-1881 | 1837-1946 | 1837-1881 | ||||||||
| AC | 1573-1616 | 1573-1616 | 1573-1616 | ||||||||
To view a full list of (over 150) chapelries and district churches comprising the ancient parish of Manchester (Cathedral), and to see a list of links to each one, visit the MANCHESTER (CATHEDRAL) OUR LADY, ST GEORGE & ST DENYS page.
Original Records
Original parish (chapelry) registers are housed at the Manchester Central Library archives.
FamilySearch has microfilmed the original registers of St Lawrence Dentonand they are available to be searched at any of its 4,600 FamilySearch Centers worldwide (see FamilySearch.org for address locations). Denton- St Lawrence
Baptisms-1696-1758- MFPR 2182
Baptisms-1758-1837- MFPR 107 or MFPR 2182
Baptisms-1837-1922- MFPR 1341
Baptisms Transcript-1696-1757- 929.3272 G1
Burials-1695-1756- MFPR 2182
Burials-1757-1757- MFPR 107
Burials-1758-1812- MFPR 107 or MFPR 2182
Burials-1813-1842- MFPR 107 or MFPR 2183
Burials-1842-1893- MFPR 1343 or MFPR 2183
Burials Transcript-1695-1756- 929.3272 G1
Marriages-1698-1700- MFPR 2182
Marriages-1700-1711- Archives L204
Marriages-1711-1723- MFPR 2182
Marriages-1723-1725- Archives L204
Marriages-1725-1754- MFPR 2182
Marriages-1854-1902- MFPR 1342
Marriages-1902-1939- MFPR 1342 or MFPR 2183
Marriages Transcript-1698-1754- 929.3272 G1
The Manchester Room and Greater Manchester County Record Office
Email: archiveslocalstudies@manchester.gov.uk
The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)
Parish registers for St. Lawrence chapelry, Denton, 1758-1950 Microfilm of original records formerly held in the Manchester Central Library, Manchester, and the church of St. Lawrence, Denton, England.
Denton is a chapelry in the parish of Manchester. This chapelry is known as St. Lawrence. Manchester Archives Central Library call no.: L204.
| Content |
Film |
| Baptisms, 1696-1724; marriages, 1698-1700, 1711-1723; burials, 1695-1725. Baptisms, 1724-1757; marriages, 1725-1754; burials, 1725-1756. Baptisms, burials, 1758-1812. Baptisms, 1813-1837. |
FHL BRITISH Film 1408757 Items 3 - 8 |
| Baptisms, 1837-1922. Marriages, 1854-November 1902. |
FHL BRITISH Film 1408758 |
| Marriages, November 1902-1939. Burials, 1813-1842, 1873-1893, 1842-1873 |
FHL BRITISH Film 1408953 Items 1 - 7 |
| Baptisms, 1758-1837. Burials, 1758-1842. (another filming) |
FHL BRITISH Film 559166 |
| Baptisms, 1829-1886 (another filming). |
FHL BRITISH Film 1550981 |
| Baptisms, 1883-1910 (another filming). Burials, 1813-1842 (another filming). Burials, 1842-1950 |
FHL BRITISH Film 1551007 |
| Marriages, 1854-1915 (another filming). |
FHL BRITISH Film 1551008 |
Bishop's transcripts for St. Lawrence Chapelry, Denton, 1700-1855 Microreproduction of original manuscripts housed at the Lancashire Record Office, Preston. The chapelries of St. Lawrence and Christ Church are in the township of Denton, parish of Manchester.Lancashire Record Office: DRM/2/208a-208b
| Content |
Film |
| St. Lawrence's Church: Baptisms 1700, 1723-1833; Marriages, 1723; Burials, 1700, 1723-1832. |
FHL BRITISH Film 1545649 Items 2 - 4 |
| St. Lawrence's Church: Baptisms, 1834-1848; burials, 1833-1848; Christ Church: baptisms and burials, 1848-1855. |
FHL BRITISH Film 1545650 Item 1 |
Haughton St Anne's Chapelry registers are also on microfilm. See FHL film #2113090 from 1882-1916.
Lancashire Online Parish Clerks
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An extremely useful resource for the parish:
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Denton/stlawrence/index.html baptism transcripts including surname index
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Denton/stlawrence/index.html burial transcripts including surname index
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, Poor Law Union
Probate records
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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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Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
http://www.stlawrencedenton.org.uk/ for information about the parish
http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/buildings/churches3.html for history and information about the church.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 28-32. Adapted. Date accessed: 29 June 2010.
