St Michael, Mottram in Longdendale, Church of England

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.

C = Christenings (Baptisms) ; M = Marriages ; B = Burials ; BTs = Bishop's Transcripts

Original Registers	C 1559-1991 ; M 1559-1993 ; B 1559-1988 — Cheshire Archives (P 25) C from 1991 ; M from 1993 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1559-1975 ; M 1559-1949 ; B 1559-1988 — Cheshire Archives, 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 Archives 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

It was located at SJ9942895303 (Lat/Lon 53.454487, -2.010085). You can see this on maps provided by:

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