Chorlton on Medlock
CHORLTON-UPON-MEDLOCK, a township, five chapelries, and a sub-district in Chorlton
district, Manchester parish, Lancashire. The township lies within Manchester borough,
and includes the south-eastern part of Manchester city. Acres, 700. Real property,
£178,750. Pop., in 1841, 28,336; in 1861, 44,795. Houses, 8,584. The
chapelries are All Saints, St. Luke, St. Saviour, St. Stephen, and St. Paul, and all
are rectories in the diocese of Manchester. Value of All Saints, £488; of
St. Luke, £300;* of St. Saviour, £543;* of St. Stephen, £356;* of St. Paul, £248.*
Patrons of All Saints, the Representatives of the Rev. Dr. Burton; of St. Luke, the
Repr. of R. Gardner, Esq.; of St. Saviour, the Rev. E. Birch; of St. Stephen and
St. Paul, Trustees. All Saints church was built in 1820, and has a tower and dome.
St. Luke's was built in 1865, and is in the decorated English style. St. Paul's was
built in 1862, and is in the later English style. An Armenian church, the earliest in
England, was founded in Sept., 1869. A free library was built in 1866, at a cost
of £4,000; and had 6,000 volumes at its opening. A medical hospital was built in 1865.
Land for a public park was purchased in 1868. The sub-d. is contaminate with the
township.
John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Local studies information is held at
Manchester central library.
Details about the census records, and indexes for Chorlton on Medlock.
- Coupland Street, Baptist
- Higher Temple St, Baptist
- Oxford Road, Baptist
- Providence, Grosvenor Street, Baptist
- Christ Church, Brunswick St, Church of England, Brunswick
- All Saints, Cavendish St, Church of England
- St Ambrose, Higher Chatham St, Church of England
- St Luke, St Luke's St, Church of England
- St Matthias Mission, Saville Street, Church of England
- St Paul, Brunswick Street, Church of England
- St Saviour, Plymouth Grove, Church of England
- St Stephen, Milton Street, Church of England
- Cavendish St, Congregational
- Eldon St, Congregational
- Octagon, Stockport Road, Congregational
- King's Church, Sidney St, Evangelical
- Grosvenor St, Evangelical Friends
- St Andrew, Oxford St, Free Church
- Rusholme Rd, Independent
- Upper Brook Street, Jehovah's Witness
- Bethesda, Temple Street, Particular Baptist
- Booth Street East, Plymouth Brethren
- Brunswick Street formerly Lloyd St, Presbyterian
- Coupland Street, Presbyterian
- Grosvenor Presbyterian, Lower Ormond St, Presbyterian
- St Andrew, Oxford Road, Presbyterian
- Rosamond St East, Primitive Methodist
- Holy Family, Grosvenor Square, Roman Catholic
- Holy Name, Oxford Road, Roman Catholic
- St Augustine, Grosvenor Square, Roman Catholic
- St Augustine, York Street, Roman Catholic
- Grosvenor Square, Scotch Presbyterian
- Park Place, Oxford Rd, Union Baptist
- Upper Brook St, Unitarian
- Grosvenor Street, United Methodist Free Church
- Oxford Road, United Methodist Free Church
- Upper Brook Street, Welsh Baptist
- Grosvenor Square, Welsh Calvinist Methodist
- Booth St East, Welsh Congregational
- St Davids, Denmark Rd later Lime Grove, Welsh Congregational
- Grosvenor St (corner of Wesley Street), Wesleyan Methodist
- Lower Chatham St, Wesleyan Methodist
- Plymouth Grove, Wesleyan Methodist
- Oxford Hall, Oxford Rd, Wesleyan Methodist
- The Tabernacle, Grosvenor Street (corner of Greek St), Wesleyan Methodist Association
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The Register Office covering the Chorlton on Medlock area is
Manchester.
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In 1835 Chorlton on Medlock was a township in the parish of
Manchester.
A description of
Chorlton on Medlock in the 19th century.
View maps of Chorlton on Medlock and places within its boundaries.
The Workhouse site
has an interesting description of
Chorlton
workhouse.
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Chorlton on Medlock was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester.
The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Chester are held at the
Lancashire Record Office.
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