MOTTRAM IN LONGDENDALE: St. Michael (Church of England)
War Hill.
Church History
An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Godley, Hattersley, Hollingworth, Matley, Mottram, Newton, Stayley, and Tintwistle. It includes the chapel of Broadbottom: St. Mary.
The district was affected by the following boundary changes:
- 1838 — reduced when parts of the townships of Hollingworth and Tintwistle were transferred to Tintwistle: Christ Church.
- 1840 — reduced when the township of Stayley was transferred to Stalybridge: St. Paul.
- 1840 — reduced when the remaining part of the township of Tintwistle was transferred to Woodhead: St. James.
- 1841 December 21 — reduced when the township of Newton was transferred to Newton in Mottram: St. Mary
- 1847 May 7 — reduced when the township of Godley was transferred to Godley cum Newton Green: St. John the Baptist.
- 1966 June 9 — reduced when the village of Hattersley was transferred to Hattersley: St. Barnabas.
Church Records
C = Christenings (Baptisms) ; M = Marriages ; B = Burials ; BTs = Bishop's Transcripts
| Original Registers | C 1559-1991 ; M 1559-1993 ; B 1559-1988 — Cheshire Record Office (P 25) C from 1991 ; M from 1993 — Church |
| Microfilm Copies | C 1559-1975 ; M 1559-1949 ; B 1559-1988 — Cheshire Record Office, Tameside Local Studies C 1559-1884 ; M 1559-1949 ; B 1559-1875 — Family History Society of Cheshire, Manchester Archives & Local Studies |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1583, 1586, 1590, 1595 ; 1599-1600, 1605, 1607-08, 1610, 1612, 1614-15, 1617-23, 1625, 1627-30, 1632-37, 1639-41, 1664-71, 1673-77, 1679-82,1684-85, 1687, 1689-95, 1697-99, 1701-51, 1753, 1755, 1777-1835, 1837-38, 1884-92 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Record Office 1599-1600, 1605, 1607-08, 1610, 1612, 1614-15, 1617-23, 1625, 1627-30, 1632-37, 1639-41, 1664-71, 1673-77, 1679-82,1684-85, 1687, 1689-95, 1697-99, 1701-51, 1753, 1755, 1777-1835, 1837-38, 1884-92 (microfilmed)— Family History Society of Cheshire |
| Copies and Indexes | M 1754-1837 — North & East Cheshire Marriage Index - may be viewable at subscription sites such as ancestry or findmypast M 1770-1810 (microfilmed transcript) — Society of Genealogists' Library M 1837-1993 — Cheshire BMD (TA:CE31) B 1802-1988 — National Burial Index B 1802-1988 — published by /North Cheshire Family History Society |
| Explanatory Notes | Index of Churches |