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St Mary Magdalene, Burnley, Roman Catholic
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Photograph supplied by & Copyright of Steve Houldsworth
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It was originally founded in 1883 on Haslem street. In 1980 they moved to a new church in Gawthorpe Road.
When the school was built here in 1883 the priest came for Sunday Mass from St. Mary's. The mission when made separate in 1887 had cost over £20,000, over half of which had been provided by Canon Rimmer and the rest by the people of St. Mary's and the Towneleys. Fr. Octave Raymond, a Belgian, served here from 1887 to his retirement in 1901. He added new infant schools. From then until 1914 the mission was in the charge of Fr. Thomas Harrison. The church was built in 1904, "stately, capacious, and useful", a new presbytery, a club for the men, and additions to the schools. Much of the debt was cleared away by Bazaars, helped to a great extent by priests and people of neighbouring parishes. Other priests who have assisted the growth of the mission in more recent years are Fr. John Hennessey, Fr. Charles Dunleavy, Fr. Arthur O'Connor, Canon Michael Fitzgerald and Father A. A. Baron.Taken from "Salford Diocese and its Catholic past", a survey by Charles A. Bolton, a Priest of the above Diocese. Published 1950 on the First Centenary for the Diocese of Salford.
The original church on Haslem Street was located
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Original Registers
Baptisms
- 1887-1918 held by Lancashire Record Office RCBY
- 1887-1918 held by Lancashire Record Office RCBY
Copies of Original Registers
Baptisms
- 1887-1918 held by Lancashire Record Office MF 9/194 - Microfilm
- 1887-1918 held by Lancashire Record Office MF 9/194 - Microfilm
- 1887-1935 held by Lancashire Record Office MF 1/188 - Microfilm
- 1887-1935 held by Lancashire Record Office MF 1/188 - Microfilm
- 1947-1963 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
- 1947-1963 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
Marriages
- 1947-1954 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
- 1947-1954 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
- 1956 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
- 1956 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
- 1961-1963 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
- 1961-1963 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
1887-1918
Copy of Original Register of baptisms 1887-1918 held by Lancashire Archives - MF 9/194
1887-1935
Copy of Original Register of baptisms 1887-1935 held by Lancashire Archives - MF 1/188
1947-1963
Copy of Original Register of baptisms 1947-1963 held by Lancashire Archives - RCSF 2
Marriages
1947-1954
Copy of Original Register of marriages 1947-1954 held by Lancashire Archives - RCSF 2
1956
Copy of Original Register of marriages 1956 held by Lancashire Archives - RCSF 2
1961-1963
Copy of Original Register of marriages 1961-1963 held by Lancashire Archives - RCSF 2
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- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
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