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Church of England
St Anne's Church of England, Chapel St, Tottington BL8 4AL
"In 1780 when the Parish Church [in Bury] was rebuilt
special provision was made for the requirements of the parishioners from
Tottington...But Tottington, with its highly developed local patriotism, did not
take kindly to being a mere appendage to the Parish of Bury. There was also a
more important factor which led directly to the formation of the Parish of
Tottington. The Industrial Revolution...the population increased from a mere few
hundred to over 5,000 - and there was no church other than Bury Parish Church,
nearly three miles away!...The building of St Anne's church was sponsored by a
young man called James Holt who resided at Brick Barn. The foundation stone was
laid on May 18th 1798, and the church was consecrated on August 12th 1799 by
Bishop Cleaver of Chester."
See also Chetham's Library Manchester for:
TOTTINGTON, Lancashire - St Anne's Church 1799-1949: notes, letters and copies
of letters. Prepared for printed history of Church 1949. (39550).
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1792-1837(some), 1799-1821 |
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LDS catalog
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1799-1837 |
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1799-1837 |
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1799-1862 |
Bury Library (RIS)
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1799-1837 |
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Manchester
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1799-1844 |
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1799-1861 |
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Lancs Record Office
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1799-18 |
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1799-18 |
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1799-1862 |
Ancestry,com Parish Records
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1799-1837 |
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1799-1837 |
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Manchester Archives
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1799-1964 |
1863-1981 |
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Lancashire Parish Record Society
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1799-1837 |
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1799-2000 |
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Start of Marriages 1862
See
http://www.interment.net/data/eng/greatman/stanne_tott/stanne.htm for
gravestone transcriptions.
St Mary's Church of England, Bolton Rd, Hawkshaw, Bury BL8 4JN
founded 1892.
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See
http://www.interment.net/data/eng/greatman/stmary/hawkshaw.htm for
gravestone transcriptions.
St James Church of England, St James Ave, Woolfold, Bury
BL8 1TD
Corner Stone laid 1930, Consecrated 1931
St James was initially a Chapel associated with St Anne's Tottington,
hence registers starting before the building was consecrated.
See photo at
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/84953
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Start of Marriages 1920
Non-Conformist Denominations -
Independent/Congregational
Greenmount United Reformed Congregational, Holcombe Rd, Greenmount,
Bury BL8
4HF
The place of Greenmount started with the building of the Sunday School in 1848,
founded by Robert Hadfield, Samuel Knowles and Samuel Beswick first opened on 19
May 1844.
The Greenmount Independent Church was constituted in the year 1856. The corner
stone of the Church was laid by Samuel Knowles on 14 April 1865., and completed
in February 1867.
The Church became a member of the United Reformed Church on 5 Oct 1972 when the
congregational and Presbyterian Church united, being joined with the Church of
Christ in 1981.
(See History of Greenmount by CB Taylor)
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See
http://www.interment.net/data/eng/greatman/greenmount/unitedref.htm for
gravestone transcriptions.
Watling St Independent, Watling St, Affetside (Congregational - Ebenezer)
latter 2 photos displayed with kind permission of Alexander P
Kapp
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See
http://www.interment.net/data/eng/lancashire/congreg_aff/index.htm for
gravestone transcriptions.
Notes from "Affetside - An Historical
Survey" by James J Francis, published by Turton Local History Society:
pg45 "Chapel records report that a travelling preacher rode on horseback to
take a Divine service in a cottage in the year 1814"
pg46 "In 1840 they built a meeting house. The first conveyance of land for
the Chapel was dated 7th October 1835, when Messrs Ashworth & Sons, members
of the society of Friends, gave the plot of land to Trustees for use as a
school/meeting room."..."The Trustees were Joshua KNOWLES of
Tottington, John HEAP of Tottington, Robert HAMPSON, Richard WALKER and Richard
BUTCHER all of Bury." .... "The first burial was that of Wright
TURNER, age 15, on 11 Dec 1847"
See http://northturton.com/edgworth/history_society_publications.html
to obtain a copy of this book and other local publications.
Non-Conformist Denominations - Wesleyan Methodist
Tottington Wesleyan Methodist Church, Market St, Tottington
See website http://www.tottimeths.org.uk
In 1822 the first Wesleyan Chapel and school were started in a room over the
village Blacksmiths. In 1829 the first Chapel was built on Market street. In
1905 a new chapel was built.
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Bury
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Manchester Archives
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1829-1837 |
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LFH&HS microfiche
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1830-1966 |
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PRO/TNA
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1828-1837 |
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Lancs
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1829-1837 |
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Hawkshaw Lane Wesleyan Methodist Church, Hawkshaw
First mentioned in 1810 in a house church at Finney Cote Farm on
Hawkshaw Lane. The first chapel was built in 1830, then replaced in 1891 by a
new chapel, the old building was then used as a Sunday school until 1910 when it
was replaced with a new Edwardian Sunday school. The Chapel and Sunday school
still in existence.
Records held at Bolton Local Studies Library because the chapel comes under
the Bolton Methodist circuit, these include minute books and Sunday school
admin. Ramsbottom Library have some transcripts of registers which are still
held by the church.
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United Methodist Free Church, Hawkshaw
The chapel was built in 1868 and closed at Methodist Union in
1932. War memorial taken from chapel and fitted in the Wesleyan building.
Records held include baptismal register at Bolton Local Studies library, church
council minute books at Bury Archives. Transcripts of baptismal register again
at Ramsbottom Library.
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Bury
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Woolfold Wesleyan Methodist Church
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Spring St Methodist Church, Tottington - built 1905
Non-Conformist Denominations - Free Church of
England
St John Free Church of England, Kirklees St, Tottington
Built 1867, 1905
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1866-1987 |
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1866-1987 |
1890-1986 |
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Roman Catholic
St Hilda Roman Catholic Church, Turton Rd, Tottington BL8 4AW
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Lancs
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1947-1962 |
1947-1949, 1962 |
Non-Conformist Denominations - Latter Day
Saints
Tottington Branch was a local unit of the British Mission, there are records
of members 1841-1875 on LDS film FHL BRITISH Film 87036 Items 19-22
For details of Repositories
see Bury Churches page
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