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Welcome to my Bury Parish pages. The aim is to provide
information that may be useful to folks researching their ancestors from the
Bury area.
I am starting by concentrating on listing the Churches and their records. Click on Bury
Churches on the left or above to see these pages.
Religious History
The three Parish Churches in the area of St Mary's, Bury, St Mary's
Radcliffe and St Mary's Prestwich are known to survive from at least the 12th
century.
The area was a centre of Puritan dissent in the 17th century. In 1662 after much
upheaval both during and after the Civil War dissenting ministers were expulsed.
However in the 1690's non-conformist dissenting Chapels were allowed to be
established. Bass Lane, Walmersley, Dundee Lane near Ramsbottom, Ainsworth were
the first followed by Bank St, Bury in 1719.
Many dissenting congregations split in the 18th century over doctrinal
differences. This led to the founding of new chapels such as Stand Lane in 1792
when Stand Presbyterian became Unitarian.
After 1770 the Methodists became established their first Chapel being at Pits
o'th Moor, and a Wesleyan Methodist Circuit being established in 1804.
It was not until 1829 and Catholic Emancipation (in large parts due to Sir
Robert Peel of Bury) that Roman Catholic Church building could take place, St
Marie's in Manchester Rd, Bury being built in 1842.
Popluation
In Volume 1 of E Barnes' History, Directory and Gazetteer of
the County of Palatine of Lancaster, published 1824, we get the following
matter. Bury is a market town and Parish in the hundreds of Salford and
Blackburn. This Parish contains five Townships and three Chapelries, of which
the following forms the enumeration, with the returns of the number of
inhabitants in 1801, 1811, 1821, and the estimated annual rent of the land,
messuages, and other buildings in each Township in the Parish.
BURY
PARISH
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1801
Persons
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1811
Persons
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1821
Houses
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1821
Families
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1821
Persons
|
Estimated
Annual Value
|
Bury…………………Township
|
7,072
|
8,762
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2,024
|
2,160
|
10,583
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£16,546
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Coupe
& Lench, Newhall Hey & Hall Carr………….Township
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676
|
786
|
196
|
198
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1,224
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£8,627
|
Elton……………...…Township
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2,080
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2,540
|
463
|
507
|
2,897
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£6,370
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Heap……………...…Township
|
4,283
|
5,148
|
1,078
|
1,134
|
6,552
|
£8,861
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Musbury………..…...Township
|
453
|
589
|
115
|
121
|
728
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£1,229
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Tottington
Higher...….Chapelry
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1,246
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1,556
|
329
|
308
|
1,728
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£9,011
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Tottington
Lower…….Chapelry
|
4,314
|
5,917
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1,234
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1,303
|
7,333
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£4,366
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Walmersley……..…..Township
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2,166
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2,619
|
500
|
531
|
3,290
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£5,822
|
TOTALS
|
22,300
|
27,317
|
5,940
|
6,262
|
34,335
|
£60,902
|
Of the 6303 families employed in this Parish, 296 of them are
employed chiefly in agriculture, and 5,727 in trade, manufactures or handicraft;
the remaining 280 are either engaged in professional pursuits or unemployed.
The town stands on the left bank of the river Irwell, about 2
miles from the confluence of the Roach with that river. The name is Saxon,
signifying either a castle or market town.
Nearby Townships and Adjacent Parishes
If you are looking for ancestors in the Bury area you should consider these
townships and Parishes:
Middleton Parish comprising Middleton, Radcliffe (practically
a Parish in its own right), Ainsworth, Ashworth, Birch in Hopwood, Birtle-cum-Bamford, Pilsworth and Thornham .
Prestwich Parish comprising Stand, Ringley, and Unsworth
Whalley Parish comprising Haslingden, Newchurch in Rossendale,
Bacup, Goodshaw (Booth), Accrington, Church, Altham, Padiham, Holme in Cliviger, Burnley,
Little Marsden, Newchurch in Pendle, Colne, Ciltheroe, Downham and Whalley.
Bolton le Moors Parish comprising Bradshaw, Turton, Walmsley
(not to be confused with Walmersley), Rivington, Blackrod, Little Lever and Bolton.
Rochdale Parish comprising Spotland, Smallbridge, Todmorden,
Whitworth, Littleborough, Wardleworth, Milnrow, and Rochdale
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