Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials within the last 100 years are held by the Church and can be inspected by appointment for a small fee. Enquiries to the Vicar.
Registers up to the middle of the last century are held in Manchester Central Library
New St George
Baptisms-1846-1930- MFPR 2014
Burials-1846-1901- MFPR 2015 Burials-1902-1956- Archives GB127. L63/2
Marriages-1841-1881- MFPR 1823 or MFPR 2014 Marriages-1881-1901- MFPR 1823 or MFPR 2015 Marriages-1902-1916 - Archives GB127.L63/2
Old St George
Baptisms-1776-1865- MFPR 188 or MFPR 2012
Baptisms-1865-1906- MFPR 1824 or MFPR 2014
Baptisms-1906-1963- Archives GB127.L63/1
Burials-1777-1813- MFPR 188 Burials-1813-1865- MFPR 188 or MFPR 2014
Burials- 1865-1968- Archives GB127.L63/1
Marriages-1864-1906- MFPR 1824 or MFPR 2014
Marriages-1906-1921- Archives GB127.L63/1
MFPR = available on microfilm. There are other parish registers available e.g. Church wardens reports and Parochial Church Council minutes etc. under references GB127.L63/1 for Old St. Georges' and GB127.L63/2 for New St. Georges'. The library also has free on site links to Ancestry.co which has most parish registers on line
Transcripts of these registers are also available on the 'Lancashire Parich Clerks' website, links for which are on our 'Burials, Inscriptions and Transcriptions' page
Architects plans for the original New St Georges can be found at the Church Plans On Line website. (Churches listed alphabetically by place)
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