Blackley
BLACKLEY, a village, two chapelries, and a subdistrict, in Manchester parish and
district, Lancashire. The village stands on the river Irk, near the Manchester and
Leeds railway, 3 miles N of Manchester; and has a post office under Manchester, and a
police station. The chapelries are B. and B.-St. Andrew. Acres, 1,764. Real property,
£10,955. Pop., 4,112. Houses, 838. The property is subdivided. Many of the inhabitants
are employed in cotton manufactures and in extensive dye-works. The livings are
rectories. Value of B., £182.* B. church was rebuilt in 1835; and is in the early
English style, with a fine tower. St. A. church was built in 1866. There are two
Wesleyan chapels, a Roman Catholic chapel, a mechanics' institution, a Church
institute, public schools, and a reformatory. The subdistrict includes also Harpurhey
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 Blackley.
- Restoration, Hopkinson Rd, Baptist, Higher Blackley
- Most Holy Trinity, Goodman Street, Church of England
- St Mark, Whitemoss, Church of England
- St Paul, Victoria Ave, Church of England
- St Peter, Old Market Street, Church of England
- St Andrew, Churchdale Rd, Church of England, Higher Blackley
- Cumberland Rd, Exclusive Brethren
- Hopkinson Rd, Independent Methodist, Higher Blackley
- White Moss, Grange Park Rd, Methodist
- Warren St, Methodist Association
- Warren Street, Methodist Association, Lower Blackley
- Zion, Crab Lane, Methodist New Connexion
- Victoria Avenue, Pentecostal, Higher Blackley
- Chapel Lane, Presbyterian
- Rochdale Rd, Primitive Methodist
- Rochdale Rd, Barnes Green, Primitive Methodist
- Booth Hall Chapel, Roman Catholic
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Old Road, Roman Catholic
- St John Bosco, Charlestown Rd, Roman Catholic
- St Clare, Victoria Avenue, Roman Catholic, Higher Blackley
- Market St, United Methodist Free Church
- Exchange St/Old Market St, Wesleyan Methodist
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The Register Office covering the Blackley area is
Manchester.
David Johnson provides
Sketches of Blackley and District
which were drawn by George Chandler Perkins in the 19th century.
Ask for the gazetteer for a calculation of the distance from Blackley to another place.
In 1835 Blackley was a township in the parish of
Manchester.
A description of
Blackley in the 19th century.
View maps of Blackley and places within its boundaries.
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Blackley 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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Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society.
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[Last updated: Wednesday, 03-Sep-2008 11:33:42 BST - Phil Stringer]
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