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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Stockport Local Heritage Library
Stockport Central Library
Wellington Road South
Stockport
SK1 3RS
Tel: +44 (0) 161 474 4530
Fax: +44 (0) 161 474 7750
Email: [email protected]
Opening hours:
Monday: 1000-2000
Tuesday: 0900-2000
Wednesday: 0900-1700
Thursday: 0900-1700
Friday: 0900-2000
Saturday: 0900-1600
Other Libraries:
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3. Research Service
Service available?
Local Heritage Library staff offer a maximum of 30 minutes free research. All enquiries to be made by letter/email. The library can provide a list of Record Agents operating in the Greater Manchester area who undertake research for a fee.
Fee-based?
No
Provided by local Record Office?
N/A
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
1837-1950 GRO England and Wales available at the Local Heritage Library
GRO Indexes of Overseas Births Deaths and Marriages
Locations
5. Census returns
1841 Cheshire and Stockport MBC area (fiche and film)
1851 Stockport MBC area (film)
1851 Census of Cheshire (CD-Rom)
1861 Stockport MBC area (film)
1871 Stockport MBC area (film)
1871 Census of Cheshire (CD-Rom)
1881 England and Wales Index (fiche)
1881 British Census (CD-Rom)
1891 Stockport MBC area (fiche)
1891 Census of Lancashire (CD-Rom)
1891 Census of London (CD-Rom)
1901 Cheshire and Stockport MBC area (fiche)
Various name and street indexes are available - please contact us for further details
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
Cheshire Range: 1787 (Tunnicliff) to 1973 (Chambers)
Derbyshire Range: 1781-84 (Bailey) to 1941 (Kelly)
Lancashire Range: 1787 (Tunnicliff) to 1973 (Chambers)
6(b) City and Town Directories
Chester Range: 1795 to 1974 (Kelly)
Manchester and Salford Range: 1772 (Raffald) to 1973 (Kelly)
Stockport Range: 1824-1825 (Baines) to 1965-1966 (Barrett)
6(c) Telephone Directories
Manchester and South East Lancashire 1925
Manchester area 1937-1975
Manchester Central 1977
Manchester South 1977 to date
Chester and District 1995
UK current - Stockport Information Library tel: 0845 644 4307
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
Stockport Borough 1832-1973
Stockport Metropolitan Borough 1974 to date
Bredbury and Romiley Urban District Council 1948-1973
Cheadle and Gatley Urban District Council 1946-1973
Hazel Grove and Bramhall Urban District Council 1948-1973
Heaton Norris Urban District Council 1905-1925
Marple Urban District Council 1949-1973
Cheshire 1832-1900
NB Early years are on microfilm/fiche
7(b) Poll Books
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8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
1992 edition England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland (microfiche)
Free Internet access to Family Search
9. Unpublished Indexes
Partial biographical index to Stockport people - card catalogue on closed access
WW1 and WW2 biographical indexes for Stockport area
10. Parish Registers
(a) Parish Registers:
Mainly microfilm, some hardcopy - please contact us for more details
Chadkirk See Romiley
Cheadle St. Mary's
Registers 1558-1835
Baptisms 1836-1880
Marriages 1723-1913
Burials 1723-1911
Heaton Mersey St. John the Baptist
Baptisms 1850-1922
Marriages 1850-1971
Burials 1850-1938
Heaton Moor St. Paul's
Baptisms 1876-1963
Marriages 1878-1916
Heaton Norris Christchurch
Baptisms 1846-1975
Marriages 1847-1973
Burials 1846-1971
Heaton Norris St. Thomas's
Baptisms 1769-1845
Burials 1767-1850
(Transcribed registers: Foster, Irene - The register of St. Thomas' Heaton Norris):
Baptisms 1769-1845
Burials 1767-1850
(Lancashire Parish Record Society. 1982. Vol. 121)
Marple All Saints
Baptisms 1655-1972
Marriages 1655-1967
Burials 1655-1965
Mellor St. Thomas's
Baptisms 1629-1728/9
Burials 1624-1763
Norbury St. Thomas's
Baptisms 1829-1905
Marriages 1837-1913
Burials 1834-1898
Portwood St. Paul's
Baptisms 1953-1971
Marriages 1866-1965
Prestbury St. Peter's
Registers 1560-1747
Marriages 1637-1789
(Transcribed Registers: Croston, James - The register book of Christenings,Weddings & Burials within the Parish of Prestbury, in the County of Chester, 1560 - 1636. Record Society of Lancashire & Cheshire. 1881. Vol. 5)
Reddish St. Mary's
Baptisms 1860-1972
Marriages 1865-1979
Romiley Chadkirk Chapel
Baptisms 1747-1889
Marriages 1748-1754
Burials 1755-1868
Stockport St. Mary's
Registers 1584-1791
Baptisms 1792-1901
Marriages 1754-1901
Index to marriages 1799-1837
Burials 1792-1909
(Transcribed Registers : Bulkeley, E.W. - The Parish Registers of St. Mary, Stockport - containing the baptisms, marriages & burials from 1584 - 1620 : with notes. 1989)
Stockport St Peter's
Baptisms 1878-1977
Burials 1816-1935
Stockport St. Thomas's
Baptisms 1837-1866
Marriages 1875-1926
Burials 1825-1974
Bishops' Transcripts
Bredbury St. Mark's
Baptisms 1879-1888
Burials 1890-1892
(b) Church Registers: Originals and some copies available
Some on microfilm, many in the Archives - please contact us for more details
Non-Conformist Registers
Congregational
Gatley
- Gatley Congregational
Gatley Congregational Church: an alphabetical record of interments, 1777-1967: edited by Frank Mitchell. 1971
Hatherlow
Baptisms 1732-1781, 1786-1837
Burials 1793-1837
Hazel Grove Ebenezer
Baptisms 1828-1837
Burials 1828-1837
Stockport Hanover
Stockport Hillgate Tabernacle
Baptisms 1744-1769,1801-1836
Stockport Orchard Street
Stockport Wellington Road South
Baptisms 1851-1980
Marriages 1870-1940
Church Roll 1887-1904
Stockport Windmill Room, Edward Street
Methodist
Brinnington Marriages 1959-1972
Cheadle Primitive
Edgeley Castle Street
Baptisms 1854-1897
Marriages 1861-1969
Burials 1817-1959
Edgeley Park
Baptisms 1908-1974
Marriages 1920-1974
Edgeley Road
Baptisms 1874-1966
Marriages 1920-1967
Hazel Grove Wesleyan
Baptisms 1794-1837, 1879-1895
Burials 1794-1879
Hazel Grove London Road
Baptisms 1875-1960
Marriages 1923-1959
Hazel Grove- Napier Street
(Baptisms at the Refuge Chapel, Hazel Grove)
Baptisms 1836-1886, 1878-1931
Marriages 1904-1963
Heaton Mersey Burnage Lane
Heaton Norris See Stockport
Marple Wesleyan
Baptisms 1804-1840
Burials 1806-1840
Poynton Clumber Road Chapel
Poynton Park Lane
Baptisms 1857-1867, 1897-1943
Reddish St. Anne's
Stockport Bethesda
Baptisms 1872-1965
Marriages 1899-1965
Baptisms 1797-1919
Burials 1833-1847
Stockport Bramhall Lane
Stockport Brunswick
Baptisms 1849-1954
Marriages 1880-1955
Burials 1848-1954
Stockport Duke Street
Stockport Heaton Norris (Stockport circuit records)
Baptisms 1793-1837
Burials 1826-1837
Stockport Hillgate
Stockport Hollywood Park
Stockport Mount Tabor
Baptisms 1797-1879, 1915-1938
Marriages 1899-1954
Burials 1798-1832
Stockport Newbridge Lane
Stockport Park Street
Stockport Portwood
Baptisms 1843-1938
Marriages 1900-1938
Stockport Tiviot Dale
Baptisms 1826-1837
Marriages 1851-1899
Burials 1826-1837, 1840-1943
Stockport Trinity
Baptisms 1886-1968
Marriages 1899-1968
Wilmslow Dean Row
Roman Catholic
Stockport St. Joseph's
Registers 1886-1896
Baptisms 1862-1912
Marriages 1863-1934
Burials 1862-1905
Stockport St. Michaels
Baptisms 1851-1895
Marriages 1856-1882
Burials 1863-1866
Unitarian
Hyde Chapel (Gee Cross)
Baptisms 1710-1838
Burials 1785-1837
Stockport High Street/St. Petersgate
Baptisms 1761-1837, 1848-1874
Marriages 1848-1873
Burials 1785-1799, 1811-1837, 1883-1908
Inter-Denominational
Bramall Hall
Swedenborgian New Church, Cale Green
Baptisms 1891-1988
Marriages 1899-1981
Deaths 1891-1990
(c) Register Transcriptions:
Cheshire Parish Registers: Marriages. Vols. 1-5
Chester Holy & Undivided Trinity 1532-1837
Dukinfield Non-conformist Chapel 1677-1713
Gatley Congregational Church 1777-1967
Hatherlow Hatherlow Chapel 1732-1781
Heaton Norris St. Thomas' 1767-1850
Hyde Hyde Chapel 1711-1837
(Unitarian) Gee Cross
Macclesfield St. Michael 1699-1754
Manchester Weddings of persons from distant parishes 1879
Stockport Bethesday Chapel. Includes:
Baptisms 1746-1919
Burials 1746-1762
Marriages 1746-1754
Stockport Congregational - Church Roll Index
Stockport St. Mary's - Stockport parish registers 1627-1640
Salford Parochial Chapel of Salford 1635-1754
Lancashire Parish Record Society Publications Vol. 1 to date
Non-Conformist Register:
Non-Conformist register of baptisms, marriages and deaths 1644-1702, 1702-1752. Generally known as the Northowran or Coley Register, but comprehending numerous notices of Puritans and Anti-Puritans in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, London etc., with lists of Popish Recusants, Quakers, etc
Yorkshire Parish Register Society . [misc volumes]
(d) Cheshire Burials Index (on microfiche)
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Place
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Date
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Alderley
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St. Mary
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1600-1942
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Ashton-upon-Mersey
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St. Martin
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1731-1890
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Bowdon
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St. Mary
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1738-1841
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Bramhall
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Bramhall Baptist
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1894-2000
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Cheadle
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St. Mary
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1558-1982
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Cheadle Hulme
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All Saints
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1864-2000
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Edgeley
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Edgeley Wesleyan
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1817-1959
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Gawsworth
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St. James
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1557-1997
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Hazel Grove
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Ebenezer (Baptism & Burials)
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1828-1837
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Hazel Grove
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Hazel Grove Weleyan
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1878-1910
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Hyde
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Gee Cross Unitarian
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1786-1877
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Hyde
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St. Thomas
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1868-1980
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Macclesfield
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Forest Chapel
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1732-1971
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Marple
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All Saints
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1655-1947
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Marple
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Marple Wesleyan (Baptisms & Burials)
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1804-1840
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Mottram-in-Longdendale
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St. Michael
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1802-1988
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Norbury (Hazel Grove)
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St. Thomas
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1834-1977
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Rainow
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Holy Trinity
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1815-1959
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Rainow
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Methodist Wesleyan
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1826-1837
1905-1997
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Romiley
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Hatherlow Independent
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1793-1837
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Romiley
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St. Chad
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1755-1901
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Saltersford
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St. John the Baptist
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1783-1996
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Stalybridge
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St. Paul
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1839-1905
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Stalybridge
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Wakefield Baptist
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1846-1967
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Stockport
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Brunswick Methodist
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1848-1954
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Stockport
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Hanover Chapel
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1855-1928
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Stockport
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Mount Tabor Methodist
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1798-1832
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Stockport
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Stockport Cemetary
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1848-1954
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Stockport
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St. Mary
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1584-1913
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Stockport
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St. Peter
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1816-1935
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Stockport
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St. Thomas
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1825-1974
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Stockport
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Tabernacle (includes Baptisms)
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1807-1836
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Stockport
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Tiviot Dale Methodist
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1826-1946
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Wilmslow
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Dean Row Unitarian
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1751-2000
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Wilmslow
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St. Bartholomew (Combined registers)
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1558-1691
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Wilmslow
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St. Bartholomew
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1695-1902
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Wincle
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St. Michael
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1803-1925
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Wrenbury
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St. Margaret
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1813-1918
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(e) Cheshire Baptisms Index (on microfiche)
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Place
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Date
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Bowden
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St. Mary
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1738-1812
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Cheadle
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St. Mary's
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1813-1871
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Gawsworth
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St. James
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1557-1855
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Hazel Grove
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Ebenezer (Included on Burials Fiche)
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1828-1837
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Hazel Grove
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Methodist
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1794-1895
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Hazel Grove
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Refuge Methodist
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1836-1886
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Marple
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Wesleyan (includes Burials)
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1804-1840
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Romiley
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Hatherlow Congregational
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1733-1837
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Romiley
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Hatherlow Independent
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1793-1837
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Stockport
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Mount Tabor
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1797-1837
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Stockport
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St. Mary
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1813-1826
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Stockport
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Tabernacle (included on Burials Fiche)
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1801-1836
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Wilmslow
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St. Bartholomew (included on Burials Fiche)
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1558-1691
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Wilmslow
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St. Bartholomew
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1692-1855
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11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Cheshire Life 1934 onwards
Cheshire Notes and Queries 1886- early 1900s
Cheshire Sheaf 1879-1978
Chetham Society 1895-1971
Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire 1879 onwards
Stockport Express Annual 1904-1965
The Oak Tree (Journal of the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment) 1931 onwards
Transactions of Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society 1883 onwards
Transactions of Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire 1848 onwards
Subscriptions to current Genealogy Magazines:
Ancestors
Cheshire Ancestors
Family Tree Magazine
Genealogist Magazine
Manchester Genealogist
Practical Family History
The North Cheshire Family Historian
11b. Local Newspapers (microfilm)
Cheshire County News and Stockport Chronicle 1866-1912
Stockport Advertiser 1822 to July 1981
Stockport Express 1889 to July 1981 & 1999 onwards
Stockport Express Advertiser 6th Aug 1981 to Dec 1998
[NB The Stockport Advertiser & Stockport Express merged to form the Stockport Express Advertiser]
Holdings also include:
Cheshire County News 1866-1912
Cheshire Daily Echo 1895-1937
Cheshire Echo 1889-1892
Cheshire Evening Echo 1894-1895
Manchester Mercury 1752-1830
North Cheshire Herald 1960-1997
North Cheshire Herald - Marple ed. 1934-1973
North Cheshire Herald - Romiley ed. 1940-1974
Stockport Chronicle 1874-1906
Stockport Echo 1885-1889
Stockport Echo and Cheshire Daily Echo 1885-1939
Stockport Times 1984 onwards
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
N/A
13. Other material
See a directory of Stockport People at http://www.stockport.gov.uk/history - choose genealogy
Registers of Births (Stockport County Borough Education Committee) 1881-1996
We have a large and fascinating collection of photographs, many depict local people
Cemetery Records
Cheadle Cemetery Records 1903-1993
Stockport Borough Cemetery
Burial records 1838-1987
Church of England 1857-1987
Catholic 1886-1986
Cremation records 1934-1956
Church of England 1934-1935
Cheshire Burials Index 1838-1859 (microfiche)
Index to Grave Owners
Plans of grave plots
Willow Grove Cemetery, Reddish 1877-1978
Coroner's Records
Stockport District - Register of deaths reported to the Coroner for inquest (1851-56)
Land Tax Returns
The originals of these records are in the Cheshire Record office.
(e) Cheshire Baptisms Index (on microfiche)
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Bramhall
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1784-1831
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Bredbury
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1784-1816
1816-1831
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Brinnington
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1780-1831
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Cheadle Bulkeley, Cheadle Moseley & Cheadle Hulme
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1780-1831
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Handforth-cum-Bosden
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1780-1831
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Marple
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1780-1831
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Norbury
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1780-1831
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Offerton
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1780-1809
1811-1831
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Romiley & Chadkirk
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1780-1831
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Stockport
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1780-1787
1787-1794
1794-1799
1799-1803
1803-1807
1807-1813
1813-1818
1818-1823
1823-1831
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Torkington
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1780-1831
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Werneth
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1780-1831
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14. Guides to Collections
Handlist 14: Stockport Family History �4.95
Starting your Family History : a beginner guide �0.75
Stockport Archives : a guide �2.50
15. Local Record Offices
Traditionally Stockport has fallen within the county boundaries of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire. Today Stockport is part of Greater Manchester.
Cheshire Record Office
Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies Service, Cheshire Record Office, Duke Street, Chester, Cheshire. CH1 1RL.United Kingdom
Tel: 44 (0)1244 602574
Fax: 44 (0)1244 603812
Email : [email protected]
Derbyshire Record Office
New Street, Matlock, Derbyshire. DE4 3AG
Tel: 01629 580000 Ext 35201.
Fax: 01629 57611
Email : [email protected]
Greater Manchester County Record Office
56 Marshall Street, New Cross, Manchester M4 5FU.
Tel:+44 (0)161 832 5284
Fax +44 (0)161 839 3808
Email : archives:gmcro.co.uk
Lancashire Record Office
Bow Lane, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 2RE.
Tel: +44(0)1772 533039
Fax: +44(0) 1772 533050
Email : [email protected]
Other information
Stockport Local Heritage Library is part of Stockport Central Library and is situated on the upper floor of the Central Library, accessible by both stairs and public lift. It provides a wealth of information for researchers into the history of the area, for those who have a general interest in the past and those investigating their family history.
We collect and preserve material that relates to the history of Stockport. This includes records relating to the former Urban District Councils of Reddish and Heaton Norris which were amalgamated with Stockport County Borough in 1901 and 1911 respectively, and, also the former Urban District Councils of Bredbury & Romiley, Cheadle & Gatley, Hazel Grove & Bramhall and Marple which were amalgamated with Stockport County Borough in 1974 to form Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.
All items are for consultation only within the department and cannot be borrowed. As we are operating within a restricted space only a small selection of our holdings is on open access. The Local Heritage Library staff expect to be approached in order to answer enquiries relating to the material which we hold - please ask, you can consult our catalogues and items will be brought out for you. If you are travelling some distance, please contact us beforehand as some of our collection is stored offsite.
It is possible to photocopy from most items (subject to condition and current copyright restrictions). All photocopying is carried out by staff and you will be required to complete a photocopy declaration form should you require copies. A small charge is payable.
The library has microfilm and microfiche machines. These are available to the public at no charge. A booking system is in operation and it is recommended that you book a microfilm reader in advance of your visit as they are in heavy demand. Machines can be booked for a maximum of four hours.
The library offers a fiche/film copying service for a small charge. Please allow 2 days for printout requests to be processed, printouts can be collected or posted. If a large order is being placed, a deposit may be required.
We have free public access to computers and to the Internet to help with family and local history research. We have a range of CD-ROMs that are available to the public - please ask at the customer service point for details. Booking for PCs and material held on CD-ROM is recommended.
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