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RUSHOLME, a township in Manchester parish, Lancashire; on the Manchester and Macclesfield railway, 2½ miles S by E of Manchester. Acres, 956. Real property, £32,495. Pop. in 1851, 3,679; in 1861, 5,380. Houses, 986. The limits include a considerable suburb of Manchester, and the chapelry of Birch. R. House and R. Park are chief residences. A Wesleyan chapel, a cruciform edifice in the Gothic style, was built here in 1863, at a cost of £4,000.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Manchester central library.Cemeteries
- St James, Danes Rd, Church of England, Birch in Rusholme
- Platt Chapel, Wilmslow Road, Unitarian
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Rusholme.Church History
Church Records
- Bethel United Church of Jesus Christ, Claremont Road, Apostolic
- McClaren Memorial, Eileen Grove, Baptist
- Union Chapel, York Place, Baptist
- Daisy Bank Road, Christian Fellowship, Victoria Park
- First, Daisy Bank Road, Church of Christ, Scientist, Victoria Park
- St James, Danes Rd, Church of England, Birch in Rusholme
- Holy Trinity, Platt Lane, Church of England
- St John Chrysostom, Oxford Place, Church of England, Victoria Park
- Wilmslow Rd, Congregational
- Moss Lane East, Deeper Life Bible Church
- Park Range, New Apostolic Church
- Claremont Road, Primitive Methodist
- Moor St, Primitive Methodist
- St Edward the Confessor, Thurloe St, Roman Catholic
- Daisy Bank Road, Spiritualist, Victoria Park
- Platt Chapel, Wilmslow Road, Unitarian
- Daisy Bank Road, Welsh Calvinist Methodist, Victoria Park
- St David, Oxford Place, Welsh Congregational, Victoria Park
- Dickenson Rd, Wesleyan Methodist
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Rusholme area is Manchester.Description and Travel
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In 1835 Rusholme was a township in the parish of Manchester.History
A description of Rusholme in the 19th century.Maps
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Probate Records
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Rusholme 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.Societies
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