Droylsden
DROYLSDEN, a township-chapelry in Manchester parish, Lancashire; on the Rochdale canal
and the Manchester and Sheffield railway, 4 miles E of Manchester. It includes the
hamlet of Little Droylsden, and the villages of Fairfield and Clayton; and it has a
station on the railway, and a post office under Manchester. Acres, 1,611. Real
property, £25,121. Pop., 8,798. Houses, 1,718. The property is subdivided. Many of the
inhabitants are employed in cotton factories. The living is a rectory in the diocese
of Manchester. Value, £130. Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church
was built in 1848; an Independent chapel, in 1860; a Wesleyan chapel, in 1866; and
there are Moravian and P. Methodist chapels, and British schools.
John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Local studies information is held at
Tameside local studies library.
- Manor Rd, Cemetery
- St Cross, Ashton New Road, Church of England, Clayton
- St Mary, Market Street, Church of England
- Fairfield Square, Moravian, Fairfield
- Trinity, Market St, Wesleyan Methodist
Details about the census records, and indexes for Droylesden.
Fairfield Moravian Settlement
St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Church.
- World Harvest, Seymour Rd South, Christian Centre, Clayton
- St Cross, Ashton New Road, Church of England, Clayton
- St Cuthbert, Berry Brow, Church of England, Clayton
- St Andrew, Edge Lane, Church of England
- St John, Moorside Street, Church of England
- St Martin, Greenside Lane, Church of England
- St Mary, Market Street, Church of England
- Seymour Rd South, Congregational, Clayton
- Fairfield Road, Congregational
- Ashton Hill Lane, Independent
- Carver Hall, Bamford St, Manchster City Mission, Clayton
- Edge Lane, Methodist
- Fairfield Square, Moravian, Fairfield
- Bethel, Ashton New Road, Primitive Methodist, Clayton
- Market St, Primitive Methodist
- St Willibrord, North Road, Roman Catholic, Clayton
- St Stephen, Chappell Road, Roman Catholic
- Greenside Lane, SalvationArmy
- North Road, United Methodist Free Church, Clayton
- Wesleyan Methodist
- Moorside Street, Wesleyan Methodist
- Trinity, Manchester Road, Wesleyan Methodist
- Trinity, Market St, Wesleyan Methodist
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The Register Office covering the Droylsden area is
Tameside.
Local information provided
by Bill & Karen McDonald.
Names extracted from the
Manchester & Salford Trades Directory, 1832.
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In 1835 Droylsden was a township in the parish of
Manchester.
A description of
Droylsden in the 19th century.
View maps of Droylesden and places within its boundaries.
Droylsden War Memorial:
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Droylsden 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.
Manchester Road primary school.
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Manchester & Lancashire FHS.
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