Harpurhey
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Harpurhey, township, Manchester par., SE. Lancashire, on river Irk, within parl. bor. of Manchester, 193 ac., pop. 4810; here is the Queen's Park (30 ac.), a public recreation ground of Manchester.John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Manchester Central library.Cemeteries
- Manchester General, Rochdale Rd, Cemetery
- Christ Church, Rochdale Road, Church of England
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Harpurhey.Church History
Church Records
- Deeper Life, Church Lane, Bible Church
- Park View, Christ the Vine
- Christ Church, Rochdale Road, Church of England
- St Stephen, Carisbrook Street, Church of England
- St Stephen, Conran Street, Church of England
- Queens Park,Rochdale Road, Congregational
- Barnes Green Chapel, Rochdale Road, Primitive Methodist
- Queens Park, Rochdale Road, Union Baptist
- Church Lane, Welsh Wesleyan Methodist
- Rochdale Road, Wesleyan Methodist
- Sharston St, Wesleyan Methodist
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Harpurhey area is Manchester.Gazetteers
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In 1835 Harpurhey was a township in the parish of Manchester.Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.