Guide to Didsbury, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
DIDSBURY (St James) a parochial chapelry, in the parish of Manchester ancient parish, union of Chorlton, hundred of Salford, S. division of the county of Lancaster, 5½ miles (S.) from Manchester. This chapelry, which is separated from Cheshire by the river Mersey, consists of the townships of Didsbury, Heaton-Norris, Burnage, and Withington. The chapel is dedicated to St James. Didsbury had parochial oversight to at least three other chapelries, including at Heaton-Norris St Thomas, (which see), the chapel erected at Withington (which see), to which the townships of Withington and Burnage have been assigned as a district; and another church built at Heaton-Mersey, to which that part of the township of Heaton-Norris has been attached. The Wesleyans have a place of worship at Withington. The Independents built a place of worship at Heaton-Mersey.[1]
During the 1860s and 70s the area between Palatine Road and Burton Road was developed and St. Luke’s Church was built as a chapel-of-ease for Didsbury St James, Lancashire Genealogy. Plans were in hand for the creation of a new parish and a group of residents obtained an option of a site at the corner of Burton Road and Barlow Moor Road (the site of the Burton Road Mosque). At this point Mr. Roberts offered to build a church and rectory at his own expense but insisted on the present site, the corner of Darley Avenue and Princess Road. In 1881 he was still living on the Chorlton-Didsbury border and would have watched the building of the Church and Rectory,
William Roberts was a brewer in Manchester and owned the Crown Brewery in Hulme in 1851. In the 1870s he employed 62 men and lived at Oaks Farm which occupied the site which is now St. Ambrose's Church.
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
Online Records
Online transcriptions exist for Didsbury St James Chapelry, as well as for the ancient parish of Manchester Our Lady, St George, and St Denys--to which it was attached. Links to online baptisms, marriages and burials registers are displayed below located at the web sites indicated; note the ranges of years:
To view a full list of all the (over 150) 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 & ST DENYS page.
Original Records
The original parish (chapelry) registers are housed at the Manchester Central Library archives.
FamilySearch has microfilmed these original registers from 1561 to 1911 and these films may be researched at any of its 4,600 FamilySearch Centers worldwide.
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Chorlton Poor Law Union,Lancashire
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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| Topics | | | Parishes and Chapelries
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Accrington St James
• Adlington
• Admarsh
• Aigburth
• Ainsworth
• Aldingham
• Altcar
• Altham
• Ancoats All Souls
• Ancoats St Andrew
• Angerton
• Ardwick St Thomas
• Arkholme
• Ashton in Makerfield St Thomas
• Ashton in Makerfield Holy Trinity
• Ashton under Lyne Christ Church
• Ashton under Lyne St Michael
• Ashton under Lyne St Peter
• Ashton upon Ribble St Andrew
• Ashworth
• Astley
• Astley Bridge
• Atherton
• Audenshaw
• Aughton
• Bacup
• Balderstone
• Bamber Bridge St Saviour
• Bardsley
• Barrowford
• Barton
• Barton upon Irwell
• Bedford Leigh
• Beswick
• Bevington
• Bickerstaffe
• Billinge
• Birch in Hopwood
• Birch in Rusholme
• Bircle
• Birtle
• Bispham
• Blackburn Holy Trinity
• Blackburn St John
• Blackburn St Mary
• Blackburn St Michael and All Angels
• Blackburn St Paul
• Blackburn St Peter
• Blackley St Peter
• Blackpool St John
• Blackrod
• Blawith
• Bolton le Moors All Saints
• Bolton le Moors Christ Church
• Bolton le Moors Emmanuel
• Bolton le Moors Holy Trinity
• Bolton le Moors St George
• Bolton le Moors St Peter
• Bolton le Sands
• Little Bolton St John
• Bootle St Mary
• Bradshaw
• Brathay
• Bretherton
• Briercliffe
• Brindle
• Broughton
• Broughton in Furness
• Burnley St Paul
• Burnley St Peter
• Burnley St James
• Burscough Bridge
• Burton in Kendal
• Burton Wood
• Bury St John
• Bury St Mary
• Bury St Paul
• Butterworth
• Cartmel
• Cartmel Fell
• Castleton
• Caton with Littledale
• Chadderton St John
• Chadderton St Matthew
• Chatburn
• Cheetham Hill St Mark
• Cheetham Hill St Luke
• Childwall
• Chipping
• Chorley St George
• Chorley St Laurence
• Chorley St Peter
• Chorlton cum Hardy
• Chorlton upon Medlock All Saints
• Chorlton upon Medlock St Luke
• Chorlton upon Medlock St Saviour
• Church Coniston
• Church Kirk
• Claughton
• Claughton St Chad
• Clayton le Moors
• Clitheroe
• Clitheroe Castle
• Clitheroe St James
• Cockerham
• Cockersand Abbey
• Coldhurst
• Colne
• Colne Christ Church
• Colton
• Coniston
• Copp
• Coppull
• Croft with Southworth
• Crompton
• Crosby
• Crossens
• Croston
• Croxteth Park
• Dalton in Furness
• Darwen, Over
• Deane
• Dendron
• Denton
• Denton Christ Church
• Didsbury
• Dolphinholme, Lancashire Genealogy
• Downham
• Droylsden
• East Broughton
• East Crompton
• Eccles
• Eccleston St Mary (near Croston)
• Eccleston Christ Church (near Prescot)
• Eccleston St Thomas
• Edenfield
• Egton cum Newland
• Ellel
• Ellenbrook
• Elton
• Euxton
• Everton Christ Church
• Everton St Augustine
• Everton St George
• Everton St Peter
• Failsworth
• Farington
• Farnworth
• Farnworth and Kearsley
• Fence-in-Pendle
• Feniscowles
• Field Broughton St Peter
• Finsthwaite
• Flixton
• Flookburgh
• Formby
• Garstang
• Garstang St Thomas
• Garston
• Glasson
• Glodwick
• Golborne
• Goodshaw
• Goosnargh
• Gorton St James
• Great Crosby
• Great Eccleston, Lancashire Genealogy
• Great Harwood
• Great Lever
• Great Marsden
• Great Sankey
• Gressingham
• Grimsargh
• Habergham All Saints
• Habergham Eaves
• Haigh and Aspull
• Hale
• Halewood
• Halliwell St Paul
• Halliwell St Peter
• Halsall
• Halton
• Hambleton
• Harpurhey
• Harwood
• Haslingden
• Haverthwaite
• Hawkshead
• Healey
• Heapey
• Heaton Norris
• Henheads
• Hesketh with Becconsall
• Hey
• Heyhouses
• Heysham
• Heywood
• Heywood St James
• Hindley
• Hoghton
• Holcombe
• Hollinfare
• Hollinwood
• Holme Island
• Holme St John
• Hoole
• Hornby
• Horwich
• Houghton, West
• Hulme Christ Church
• Hulme St George
• Hulme St Mark
• Hulton, Little
• Hundersfield
• Hurst
• Hurst Green
• Huyton
• Inskip
• Kellet, Over
• Kirkby
• Kirkby Ireleth
• Kirkdale St Mary
• Kirkham
• Knotty Ash St John the Evangelist
• Knowsley
• Lancaster Castle
• Lancaster St Anne
• Lancaster St John
• Lancaster St Mary
• Lancaster St Thomas
• Lane Bridge
• Langho
• Latchford St James
• Lathom St James
• Leck
• Leesfield
• Leigh
• Lever Bridge
• Leyland
• Lindale
• Litherland Christ Church
• Little Bolton All Saints
• Little Bolton St John
• Little Crosby
• Little Hulton
• Little Lever
• Little Marsden
• Littleborough
• Liverpool St Peter and St Nicholas
• Liverpool All Saints
• Liverpool All Souls Vauxhall
• Liverpool Blessed Virgin Mary
• Liverpool Christ Church
• Liverpool Holy Innocents
• Liverpool Holy Trinity
• Liverpool St Andrew
• Liverpool St Anne
• Liverpool St Barnabas
• Liverpool St Bartholomew
• Liverpool St Bride
• Liverpool St Catherine
• Liverpool St David
• Liverpool St George
• Liverpool St John
• Liverpool St John the Evangelist
• Liverpool St Luke
• Liverpool St Mark
• Liverpool St Martin in the Fields
• Liverpool St Martin Cemetery
• Liverpool St Mary's Cemetery
• Liverpool St Mary
• Liverpool St Matthew
• Liverpool St Matthias
• Liverpool St Michael
• Liverpool St Nicholas
• Liverpool St Paul
• Liverpool St Peter
• Liverpool St Philip
• Liverpool St Saviour
• Liverpool St Silas
• Liverpool St Simon
• Liverpool St Stephen
• Liverpool St Thomas
• Longridge
• Longton
• Lower Darwen St James
• Lowick
• Lowton
• Lumb
• Lund
• Lydgate
• Lydiate
• Lytham
• Lytham St John
• Maghull
• Manchester All Souls
• Manchester Cathedral
• Manchester Our Lady, St George and St Denys
• Manchester St Ann
• Manchester St Barnabas
• Manchester St Clement
• Manchester St George
• Manchester St James
• Manchester St John
• Manchester St Mary
• Manchester St Matthew, Campfield
• Manchester St Matthias
• Manchester St Michael
• Manchester St Paul
• Manchester St Peter
• Manchester St Peter, Oldham Road
• Marsden, Little
• Marton
• Mawdesley with Bispham
• Melling
• Melling (near Liverpool)
• Mellor
• Mellor-Brook
• Middleton
• Milnrow
• Mitton St Michael
• Morecambe Holy Trinity
• Mossley
• Much Woolton
• Musbury
• Newchurch
• Newchurch in Pendle
• Newchurch in Rossendale
• Newton All Saints
• Newton in Makerfield Emmanuel
• Newton in Makerfield St Peter
• North Meols
• Oldham St James
• Oldham St Mary
• Oldham St Peter
• Openshaw
• Ormskirk
• Oswaldtwistle
• Out Rawcliffe
• Over Darwen St James
• Over Darwen St John the Evangelist
• Over Darwen St Peter
• Over Darwen Holy Trinity
• Over Kellet
• Overton
• Paddington
• Padgate
• Padiham
• Parr
• Peel
• Pemberton
• Pendlebury
• Pendleton All Saints (near Clitheroe)
• Pendleton St Thomas (near Salford)
• Pendleton Hall
• Pennington
• Penwortham
• Pilling
• Poulton
• Poulton le Fylde
• Poulton le Sands
• Prescot
• Preston All Saints
• Preston Christ Church
• Preston Holy Trinity
• Preston St George
• Preston St James
• Preston St John
• Preston St Mary
• Preston St Paul
• Preston St Peter
• Preston St Wilfrid
• Prestwich St Mary
• Quernmore
• Radcliffe St Mary
• Radcliffe St Thomas
• Rainford
• Rainhill
• Rampside
• Ramsbottom
• Rawcliffe, Out
• Rawtenstall
• Reedley Hallows, Filly Close and New Laund Booth
• Ribby cum Wrea
• Ribchester
• Ringley
• Rivington
• Rochdale St Chad
• Royton
• Rufford
• Rusland
• Salesbury
• Salford Sacred Trinity
• Salford Christ Church
• Salford St Bartholomew
• Salford St Matthias
• Salford St Philip
• Salford St Simon
• Salford St Stephen
• Samlesbury
• Sandowne-Park
• Sankey, Great
• Satterthwaite
• Scarisbrick
• Seaforth
• Seathwaite
• Sefton
• Shaw
• Shireshead
• Shore, South
• Shuttleworth
• Silverdale
• Singleton
• Skelmersdale
• Skerton
• Smallbridge
• South Shore Holy Trinity
• Southport Christ Church
• Southport Holy Trinity
• Spotland
• St Helens
• St Michael on Wyre
• Stalmine
• Stalybridge New St George
• Stalybridge Old St George
• Stand
• Standish
• Staveley
• Stidd
• Stockton Heath
• Stretford St Matthew
• Sutton
• Swinton St Peter
• Tarleton
• Tatham
• Tatham Fells
• Thornton
• Thornton in Lonsdale
• Tockholes
• Todmorden
• Tonge
• Tonge cum Alkrington
• Torver
• Tottington
• Tottington Higher End
• Toxteth Park
• Toxteth Park St Clement
• Toxteth Park St James
• Toxteth Park St John the Baptist
• Toxteth Park St Michael
• Toxteth Park St Thomas
• Trawden
• Tunstall
• Turton
• Tydesley cum Shakerley
• Ulverston Holy Trinity
• Ulverston St Mary
• Unsworth
• Upholland
• Urmston
• Urswick
• Walmersley
• Walmsley
• Walney
• Walsden
• Walton le Dale
• Walton on the Hill St Mary
• Walton on the Hill St Mary, Edge Hill
• Walton Breck, Lancashire Genealogy
• Wardle St James
• Wardleworth St James
• Wardleworth St Mary
• Warrington Christ Church
• Warrington Holy Trinity
• Warrington St Elphin
• Warrington St Paul
• Warton (near Kirkham)
• Warton (near Lancaster)
• Waterhead
• Wavertree Holy Trinity
• Weeton
• Wennington
• Werneth
• West Broughton
• West Derby St Mary
• West Houghton
• Westleigh St Paul
• Whalley
• Whitechapel
• Whitewell
• Whittington
• Whittle le Woods
• Whitworth
• Wigan All Saints
• Wigan St Catherine
• Wigan St George
• Winwick
• Withnell
• Witton
• Woodland
• Woodplumpton
• Woolton, Much
• Worsley
• Worsthorne
• Wray
• Wyresdale
• Yate and Pickup Bank
• Yealand Conyers
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