Ashton under Lyne
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, a town, a parish, and a district, on the SE border of
Lancashire. The town stands on the river Tame, at a convergence of canals and
railways, 6½ miles E by N of Manchester. Its site is a rising-ground, from 30
to 40 feet high, on the N bank of the river; its environs are a low flat tract,
reclaimed from the condition of a marsh, overlying rich strata of coal and
sandstone, and studded with factories, villages, and mining-shafts; and many
parts of both site and environs, previous to the introduction of the cotton
trade in 1769, were bare, wet, and almost worthless. Pop. in 1841,
22,678; in 1861, 33,917. Houses, 6,460. The municipal borough includes also
part of the parochial division called Audenshaw. Pop. in 1851, 30,676; in
1861, 34,886. Houses, 6,647. Electors in 1868, 967. Direct taxes, £14,798.
Real property, £113,703.
The parish consists of the
four divisions of Ashton Town, Audenshaw, Knott-Lanes, and Hartshead; and
includes the hamlets of Lees, Crossbank, Alt, Altedge, Althill, Taunton,
Knott-Lanes, Wood-Park, Hazlehurst, Heyrod, Smallshaw, and Hartshead, the
villages of Hooleyhill, Walkmill, Audenshaw, Littlemoss, Wood houses,
North-Street, Hurst, Hurstbrooks, Mossley, and Mossley-Brow, and part of the
town of Stalybridge. Acres, 9,300. Real property, £233,117. Pop. in 1841,
46,304; in 1861, 66,801. Houses, 12,962. The Earl of Stamford has about
2,030 tenants within the manor; and draws from it an income of upwards of
£30,000. more...
John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Local Studies information is held at
Central Library,
Old Street,
Ashton under Lyne
OL6 7SG
They have made available a
summary of the records, and finding aids that they hold.
The following books contain useful information about the history of Ashton and the surrounding area.
- Hurst, King's Rd, Cemetery
- Cemetery Rd, Cemetery, Audenshaw
- Christ Church, Oldham Rd, Church of England
- St Michael and All Angels, Church Street, Church of England
- St Peter, Manchester Road, Church of England
- St Stephen, Audenshaw Road, Church of England, Audenshaw
- Holy Trinity, Byrth Road, Church of England, Bardsley
- St John The Evangelist, Kings Road, Church of England, Hurst
- Albion, Stamford Street, Congregational
- Stamford Street, Methodist New Connexion
- Queen's St, Methodist New Connexion, Hurst
Cemeteries and Crematorium,
Council Offices,
Wellington Road,
Ashton-under-Lyne.
OL6 6DL
Tel: 0161 330 1901
Details about the census records, and indexes for Ashton under
Lyne.
- Granville St, Baptist
- Welbeck St, Baptist
- Christ Church, Oldham Rd, Church of England
- Holy Trinity, Portland St, Church of England
- St Gabriel, Cockbrook, Church of England
- St James the Apostle, Union Street, Church of England
- St Michael and All Angels, Church Street, Church of England
- St Peter, Manchester Road, Church of England
- St Hilda, Denton Road, Church of England, Audenshaw
- St Stephen, Audenshaw Road, Church of England, Audenshaw
- Holy Trinity, Byrth Road, Church of England, Bardsley
- St Hugh, Wildmoor Ave, Church of England, Holts
- St John The Evangelist, Kings Road, Church of England, Hurst
- Ashton Road, Church of England, Woodhouses
- Stamford Street, Church of the Nazarene
- York St, Congregational
- Albion, Stamford Street, Congregational
- Ryecroft, Stockport Road, Congregational
- Bridge St, Congregational, Audenshaw
- Albion, Albion Street, Independent
- Wellington Rd, Independent Methodist
- Kingdom Hall, Mossley Road, Jehovah's Witness
- Patterdale Rd, Latter Day Saints
- Vale St, Methodist, Waterloo
- Alt Lane, Methodist New Connexion, Alt
- Alexandra Rd, Methodist New Connexion
- Low St, Methodist New Connexion
- Mossley Rd, Methodist New Connexion
- Stamford Street, Methodist New Connexion
- Trafalgar Square, Methodist New Connexion
- Red Hall, Methodist New Connexion, Audenshaw
- Red Hall, Audenshaw Road, Methodist New Connexion, Audenshaw
- Shepley Rd, Methodist New Connexion, Hooley Hill
- Queen's St, Methodist New Connexion, Hurst
- Hope, Curzon Rd, Methodist New Connexion, Hurst
- Oldham Rd, Methodist New Connexion, Waterloo
- Hamja Mosque, Mowbray Street, Moslem
- New Christian Israelites
- Providence, Katherine St, Primitive Methodist
- Keb Lane, Primitive Methodist, Bardsley
- Winter St, Primitive Methodist, Hurst
- Ormonde St, Primitive Methodist, Hurst Brook
- St Ann, Burlington Street, Roman Catholic
- St Mary, West St, Roman Catholic
- St Paul, Stockport Road, Roman Catholic, Guide Bridge
- Our Lady, Wildmoor Ave, Roman Catholic, Holts
- St Christopher, Lees Road, Roman Catholic, Hurst Cross
- New Jerusalem Temple, Katherine St, Swedenborgian
- Richmond Hill, Unitarian
- Worthington St, United Methodist, Waterloo
- Henry Square, United Methodist Free Church
- Alexandra Rd, United Reformed
- Fairbottom, Alt Hill Lane, Wesleyan Methodist
- Stamford Street, Wesleyan Methodist
- Guide Lane, Wesleyan Methodist, Hooley Hill
- Oakenclough, Wesleyan Methodist, Waterloo
You can also perform a more selective search for
churches in the Ashton under Lyne area
that are recorded in the GENUKI church database. This will also help
identify churches in nearby townships and/or parishes. You also have the option to see the
location
of the churches marked marked on a map.
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since loading it, the church links above may become stale and may display the wrong
church. If this happens, reloading this page will correct them.
Tameside Register Office holds records of births, marriages and deaths since 1837.
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council provide a
range of information about the town.
A description of the town with a good
selection of pictures.
Ashton Trade Directory 1814
Ashton-under-Lyne 1832
inc. Dukinfield, Staly-Bridge, Hooley Hill and Neighbourhoods.
extracted from Manchester & Salford Trade Directory 1832 by Gay Oliver.
Ask for the gazetteer for a calculation of the distance from Ashton-under-Lyne to another place.
In 1889 Stayley became part of Cheshire. In 1974 Ashton
became part of Tameside Metropolitan Borough.
The division of Knott Lanes is bounded on the north
by the parishes of Oldham and Saddleworth; by the
division of Hartshead, in this parish, on the east; and
by the said division, and the division of Audenshaw,
on the south and west.
It is in length from Birks, near Austerland in Saddleworth,
to New Market below Taunton Fold, in the parish of Ashton-u-Lyne, about five
miles: and in it's greatest
breadth, from Boardmans edge to Fitton Hill, about
two miles and a half.
It contained about 1060 acres in 1618.
Taken from James Butterworths, Town and parish
of Ashton-u-lyne,written in November 1823.
A description of
Ashton under Lyne in the 19th century.
Ian Rhodes is providing an archive of
The Way We Were section from
the Ashton Reporter.
View maps of Ashton under Lyne and places within its boundaries.
Ian Rhodes provides extracts from the Yesterdays column in the Ashton Reporter Group of
newspapers describing
events that took place 50 and 100
years ago.
The Workhouse site
has an interesting description of
Ashton
workhouse.
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Ashton 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.
The
Manchester & Lancashire FHS.
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