Cheshire Churches : Mottram in Longdendale, St. Michael

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MOTTRAM IN LONGDENDALE: St. Michael (Church of England)

War Hill.

Church History

An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Godley, Hattersley, Hollingworth, Matley, Mottram, Newton, Stayley, and Tintwistle. It includes the chapel of Broadbottom: St. Mary.

The district was affected by the following boundary changes:

1838 — reduced when parts of the townships of Hollingworth and Tintwistle were transferred to Tintwistle: Christ Church.
1840 — reduced when the township of Stayley was transferred to Stalybridge: St. Paul.
1840 — reduced when the remaining part of the township of Tintwistle was transferred to Woodhead: St. James.
1841 December 21 — reduced when the township of Newton was transferred to Newton in Mottram: St. Mary
1847 May 7 — reduced when the township of Godley was transferred to Godley cum Newton Green: St. John the Baptist.
1966 June 9 — reduced when the village of Hattersley was transferred to Hattersley: St. Barnabas.

Church Records

C = Christenings (Baptisms) ; M = Marriages ; B = Burials ; BTs = Bishop's Transcripts

Original Registers	C 1559–1991 ; M 1559–1993 ; B 1559–1988 — Cheshire Record Office (P 25) C from 1991 ; M from 1993 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1559–1975 ; M 1559–1949 ; B 1559–1988 — Cheshire Record Office, Tameside Local Studies C 1559–1884 ; M 1559–1949 ; B 1559–1875 — Family History Society of Cheshire, Manchester Archives & Local Studies
Bishop's Transcripts	1583, 1586, 1590, 1595 ; 1599–1600, 1605, 1607–08, 1610, 1612, 1614–15, 1617–23, 1625, 1627–30, 1632–37, 1639–41, 1664–71, 1673–77, 1679–82,1684–85, 1687, 1689–95, 1697–99, 1701–51, 1753, 1755, 1777–1835, 1837–38, 1884–92 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Record Office 1599–1600, 1605, 1607–08, 1610, 1612, 1614–15, 1617–23, 1625, 1627–30, 1632–37, 1639–41, 1664–71, 1673–77, 1679–82,1684–85, 1687, 1689–95, 1697–99, 1701–51, 1753, 1755, 1777–1835, 1837–38, 1884–92 (microfilmed)— Family History Society of Cheshire
Copies and Indexes	M 1754–1837 — North & East Cheshire Marriage Index M 1770–1810 (microfilmed transcript) — Society of Genealogists' Library M 1837–1993 — Cheshire BMD (TA:CE31) B 1802–1988 — National Burial Index B 1802–1988 — published by /North Cheshire Family History Society

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