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Church of England
The Parish Church of Bury is St Mary the Virgin, Church
of England Market Place, Bury, BL9 0LA
Map Ref SD803108
Bury Parish Church Website -
http://www.freewebs.com/buryparishchurch/index.htm
For a virtual tour of the Church see website
(note pictures quite dark)
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http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/tcsc/VirtBury/ParishCh/Page1.htm
The Parish Church had fallen into a state of
dilapidation towards the middle of the eighteenth century, and in the year 1776,
all the building, except the steeple was taken down, and re-erected.
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Bury Library (RIS)
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Lancs Record Office
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Ancestry,com Parish Records
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Lancashire Parish Record Society
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1590-1698
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Boyd’s Marriage Index
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See also the :Lancashire OPC website
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Bury/index.html
St Johns
with St Marks, Church of England, Sunny Ave, Bury BL9 6PF
Map Ref SD807124
St Johns (has in places been recorded as St John the Rock - though this is not the name) was built in 1770 on Stanley St (picture
below), about 500 yards from St
Mary’s to serve as a place of worship while St Mary’s was being rebuilt.
It was rebuilt in 1851 and then major repairs were needed to the church in the mid-1950s and it was decided to
build a new church at Sunny Avenue, Seedfield, and this is also dedicated to St.
John. The Registers of St. Mark are still with this Vicar. The parish was later “combined
” to share with St Marks in the ?1980s and became known as St Johns
with St Marks.
Website at http://www.stjohnwithstmark-church.co.uk/
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Bury
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1784-1855 (graveyard closed
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Manchester
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NB The original registers which include marriages 1861-2006
and baptisms 1906-2006 are still with this Parish.
(Start of Marriages 1861)
St Paul's, Church of England, St
Paul’s St, Bury
Map Ref SD813111 (381390,
411110) GB Grid
The foundation stone was laid on Good Friday 1839, the Church opened for divine
worship on 26th and 30th September 1841, and consecrated on the feast of St
Peter and Paul by the Bishop of Chester in 1842. Now closed.
Pre and post fire.
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(Start of Marriages 1851)
Holy
Trinity
Church
of
England
, Spring St, Bury BL9 0RW
Map Ref SD808104
Holy Trinity was established as a mission in 1850 by a curate of the Rector of
Bury. The Rector wanted a High Church mission and it continues in this tradition
today. It was a poor area and the church was only opened in 1865. This church is
on Heywood Street between Spring Street and East Street. It is still in
operation today, though its community is quite small.
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LDS catalog
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1866-1880
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Bury Library (RIS)
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1881-1903
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1866-1880
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(Start of Marriages 1866)
St Marks Church of England, Walmersley Rd, Bury BL9 6LL
Map Ref SD808117
St. Mark was founded around 1870 to provide a church school in the Chesham area
and so avoid the need for a School Board (and a Council School). The parish
continued to around the 1980s (?) when it was amalgamated with St John to form
the St. John with St. Mark parish.
The St. Mark church was cleared and the
Salvation Army have built a new Citadel on it in the early 1990s (shown below).
no records found deposited (Start of
Marriages 1885)
St Thomas Church of England, Rochdale Rd, Bury.
Map Ref SD814107
Consecrated by the Bishop of Manchester in Dec 1866. The building paid for by
Thomas OPENSHAW.
no records found deposited
(Start of Marriages 1867)
St Peter's Church, St Peter's Rd, Bury BL9 9QZ
Map Ref SD804089
The land for St. Peter's church was given by the Earl of Derby
with plans approved on 10th April 1871. The church was consecrated by the Lord
Bishop of Manchester on 29th June 1872 and cost 4 thousand 8 hundred pounds. The
Chapelry of St. Peter's was formed out of the cures of the Rector of Bury and
the Rector of Radcliffe.
(Start of Marriages 1873)
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Non-Conformist Denominations -
Independent/Congregational
New Road Independent (Congregational) Church, Rochdale Rd, Bury and
Bury United Reformed Church (Bury URC), Rochdale Rd, Bury BL9 0PW
First chapel built on current site at Rochdale Road in 1792. Adjacent
graveyard mainly in use 1797 - 1814. The graveyard was partly built over in 1885
when current building was erected. Amalgamated with Bethel and Castlecroft in
1965 to form a united Bury Congregational Church, which then became part
of the new United Reformed Church in 1972.
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Bury
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Bethel Independent (Congregational) Church, Henry St,
Bury
Formed in 1804 as a break-away from the New Road Independent Church. The
Henry St building was built in 1807, eventually amalgamating with the
Castlecroft and New Road Churches in 1965 to form a united Bury
Congregational Church based at the former New Road premises, which then became
part of the new United Reformed Church in 1972.
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(NB:Marriages were certainly taking place in 1853 as my
3xgreat grandparents James LORD and Betty TURNER married on 21 Feb, though 2
earlier record books have been lost.)
Castlecroft Independent (Congregational) Church, Castlecroft, Bury
Formed in 1838 as a split off from the New Road Congregational. Built at
Castlecroft in 1840 with it's own graveyard (closed in 1855). Amalgamated with
Bethel and New road in 1965 to form a united Bury Congregational Church
based at the former New Road premises, which then became part of the new United
Reformed Church in 1972.
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Freetown Congregational (United Reform Church) Mission, Kay St, Bury
Established in 1906, built in Kay St in 1909. Eventually merged with Bury
United Reformed Church.
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Communion
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Non-Conformist Denominations - Wesleyan
Methodist
Union Street
Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel (Central
Methodist
Church), Bury,
Lancashire
Originally Bury Methodists worshipped at Pits o'th Moor later in Clerke St.
The Union St/North St Chapel was built c1815-1817, with burial ground attached. See also records for Bury Wesleyan
Methodist Circuit and Bury Methodist Circuit.
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Bury
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Bury
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1795-1991
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1888-1986
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1816-1964
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Manchester
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Lancs Record Office
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1772-1837
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Pits o’th Moor Wesleyan
Methodist, Pine St, Bury
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1935-1964
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1897-1910
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Russell St Wesleyan
Methodist
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Bolton Rd Methodist Chapel, Bolton Rd, Bury BL8 2NZ
Originally the chapel was built in Fairy St, off Bolton Rd
opening on 13 April 1882, in July 1912 the congregation marched to Bolton Rd to
lay the foundation stones for a new chapel which was opened in April 1913 (see
picture below). On 13 Aug 2000, the first sods were lifted for the building of
the current chapel further along Bolton Rd, which was opened 2 Feb 2002. The
previous chapel seen below has now been demolished.
Non-Conformist Denominations - United Methodist
Brunswick
Free United
Methodist,
North
St
, Bury
also known as Wesleyan Association Chapel erected in 1836
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Heywood St
United
Methodist
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Parkhills Rd
United
Methodist Free Church,
11 Parkhills Rd, Bury BL9 9AU
(corner of Horne St)
became Bethesda Pentecostal Church in 1967 (originated Brook St, 1931),
Assemblies of God.
Built in 1898, founded from Brunswick United Methodist Free in
1883.
See another photo at
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/33593
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Non-Conformist Denominations - Primitive Methodist
The
Primitive Methodists preaching room in Clarke St was opened on the 20th June
1824
Walmersley Rd Primitive Methodist
On the left is
the old Church on Linton Rd, just off Walmersley Rd and on the right the new
extension built on the back with the entrance on Mosley Ave.
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Baptisms
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Bury
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1900-1974
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GMCRO |
1903-1974 |
William
St Primitive
Methodist
erected in 1829, and rebuilt in 1836
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LDS
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1836-1837
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Bury
Library (RIS)
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1836-1837
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Manchester
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Non-Conformist Denominations - Methodist New
Connexion
Bolton St
Methodist New Connection, Bury
A chapel was first erected in Bury Lane in 1813, then in 1875 the
congregation moved to a new chapel in Heywood St, this closed in 1968 (later
demolished) when the congregation joined with others in the centre of Bury to
become Bury Central Methodist Church in Union Street. See above.
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Baptisms
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Bury
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1816-1837
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Manchester
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Non-Conformist Denominations -
Presbyterian/Unitarian
Presbyterian Chapel Bank St Unitarian/
Silver St
, Bury
See website http://www.bury-unitarian-church.org.uk/
In 1719 the first chapel was built in Silver St, initially known as "a
congregation of Protestant dissenters", later known as Presbyterian. The
second Chapel was built in 1837 on the site of the present municipal offices on
Bank St. The third Bank St chapel was opened in 1852. In 1972 the new Bury
Unitarian Church was opened on Silver St. In 1852 the graveyard at Bank St
became full and a new burial ground established at Holebottom.
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1723-1837
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Bury
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1723-1837
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1832-1837
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Bury
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1723-1837
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1839-1893
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Lancs
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1723-1837
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1832-1837
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1834-1972
(inc Holebottom)
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Manchester
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See LDS film #1647473 - Item 7 Pedigrees of families who formed the congregation at the Bury Presbyterian Chapel, Silver Street, built a.d. 1719 Lord, John, 1835-1903
I can do small lookups on this item - email
me
Non-Conformist Denominations - Baptist
1831 is
the first establishment of Baptists in Bury and subsequently Commercial
Buildings are rented in Spring St.
Bridge St Baptist Chapel erected in 1836
(between 77 and 75 Bridge St -see 1861 census 2850 F37)
Ebenezer Chapel, Knowsley St erected 1845 closed in 1898 when the congregation
moved to Tenterden St.
Christian Church, Rochdale Rd, foundation stone laid 1859 closed 1971.
Chesham Rd Chapel foundation stone laid 1895, closed 1970.
Tenterden St Ebenezer Baptist commenced with the congregation from Knowsley St in
1898 and closed in the 1970's.
Haymarket St Baptist
Chapel erected in 1852(Mannex 1854) / Spring St Chapel erected in 1852 (Whellan
1853) / Baptist Chapel - Mosses (1855 Slaters) - - ?probably the same given the
proximity of the locations -all have
same Rev Joseph Harvey.
Currently:
Bury Baptist Church, 114 Manchester Rd, Bury BL9 0TH
Radcliffe Road Baptist Church, Radcliffe Rd, Bury BL9 9LH
Bible Baptist Church, Wood St, Bury BL8 2QU - See
http://www.biblebaptistchurch.co.uk/
Community Baptist Church, Whitefield See
http://www.communitybaptistchurch.org.uk/
It is not known if there are any records in existence.
Non-Conformist Denominations -
Independent
Providence Chapel, Kay St (1868 Baines)
[not part of the Baptist Union]
Closed sometime in the 1970's and the building demolished. The congregation from
there moved to a new site in the town on Radcliffe Road.
Roman Catholic
See website http://www.salforddiocese.org.uk
See also the Catholic Record Society at http://www.catholic-history.org.uk/crs/
St Marie Roman Catholic Church,
Manchester Rd, Bury BL9 0DR
The first reference to a Catholic chapel in Bury is in 1804. In 1825 a room was
secured in Clerke St where the
Catholics assembled to attend Mass, and receive the Sacraments, thus the parish
of St Marie's began. In 1834 the first resident Priest was appointed and land
was acquired in Manchester Rd and in 1842 the present church
was opened. The building is largely the same today. It was designed by John
Harper of York, who also designed St, Paul's, Bell Lane, and All Saint's, Elton.
The registers, Baptisms from ca 1825, Marriages from 1836, and others, are still
with the Parish Priest, though they are likely to be deposited in the LRO soon.
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1947-1954,
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St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Peter St, Bury BL9 6AB
Founded in 1861 in an upper room at the south end of Walmersley Road, near
Moorgate. A church, school and presbytery were built in 1871 in Peter Street,
and the church and presbytery are still in use today.
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Baptisms
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1861-1923,
1947-1962
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1863-1934,
1947-1954, 1961-1962 |
St. Bede, Rochdale Old Road, Fairfield, Bury BL9 7RG
Established above the Co-op at Fairfield in 1950 and the church was opened in
1953 and closed Dec 2003, demolished summer 2004. The registers are now with the Parish Priest of St.
Joseph's.
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Baptisms
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LRO
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1950-1962
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Our Lady Queen of Poland (Polish) Roman Catholic Church, Back East
Street, Bury BL9 0RU
LDS on IGI - website: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true
LDS catalog - website: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp
Bury Library (RIS) - Reference and Information
Services, Bury Central Library, Manchester Rd, Bury, BL9 0DG (holds microfilms
and fiche copies and transcripts) - see "Routes" publication by Bury Metro
Libraries
Bury Library (BAS) - Bury Archives Service, Edwin St, Bury, BL9 0AS (holds
original records) - see "Routes" publication by Bury Metro Libraries
Manchester Archives - Manchester Archives and Local
Studies, Central Library, St Peter's Square, Manchester, M2 5PD - website:
http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/448/archives_and_local_studies
Lancs Record Office - Lancashire Record Office, Bow
Lane, Preston PR1 2RE - see "Finding Folk" publication by Lancashire
Record Office - website:
http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/
PRO/TNA - Public Record Office now known as The National Archives,
Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey - website: http://www.pro.gov.uk
LFH&HS - Lancashire Family History and Heraldry
Society Microfiche - website:
http://www.lancashire-fhhs.org.uk/shop/fiche/index.htm
GMCRO - Greater Manchester Record Office, 56 Marshall
St,New Cross, Manchester -website: http://www.gmcro.co.uk/
Boyd’s Marriage Index - available in several places
one being British Origins website:
http://www.britishorigins.com/ a pay site
Lancashire Parish Record Society
- website - http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/lprs/
Ancestry,com Parish Records - several online at
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5895
British Isles Vital Records - British Isles Vital
Records Index 2nd Edition CDROM generally available by phone from the Latter Day
Saints Head Office in your country - website: http://www.ldscatalog.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&categoryId=100104&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=100102&bcname=Vital%20Records%20Indexes&top=&resetCat=N&initBC=Y&level=2&replBC=subcatlist100102
Chetham's Library, Long Millgate, Manchester M3 1SB -
website - http://www.chethams.org.uk/index.htm
JTG
- JTGrundy personal database - email
for lookup by clicking on link for relevant Church
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