Ardwick, Lancashire Family History Guide

Ardwick is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1839 from Manchester Our Lady, St George and St Denys Ancient Parish.

Parish church: St Thomas

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1876
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1752

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ARDWICK, a township, three chapelries, and a subdistrict in Manchester parish, Lancashire. The township is suburban to Manchester city, on the SE; and lies within the borough boundaries. Acres, 470. Real property, £57,895. Pop., 21,757. Houses, 4,414. The Manchester and Sheffield railway has a station here, ¾ of a mile from the terminus; joins here the Manchester and Birmingham railway near Chancery lane; and is carried here on a succession of immense viaducts.

The chapelries are Ardwick-St.  Thomas, Ardwick-St. Silas, and Ardwick-St. Matthew; and were constituted in respectively 1838, 1844, and 1868. Pop. of A. St. T., 10,147. Houses, 2,029. Pop. of A. St. S., 10,375. Houses, 2,143. The livings are rectories in the diocese of Manchester. Value of St. E. and St. S., each £300; of St. M., not reported. Patrons of St. T., the Dean and Chapter of Manchester, of St. S. and St. M., Trustees. The subdistrict includes also four other townships, and is in Chorlton district. Acres, 4,031. Pop., 47,752. Houses, 9,322.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Ardwick, a chapelry to the parish of Manchester, hund. of Salford, union of Chorlton, co.- palatine of Lancaster; 1 mile south from Manchester. Living, a curacy not in charge, in the archd. and dio. of Chester; rated in the parliamentary returns at £138 4s.; gross income, in 1832, £310. In the patronage of the warden and fellows of the collegiate church of Manchester.

There are nine daily schools, four boarding schools, and two very large Sunday schools, in this chapelry. This suburb is included in the boundaries of the new borough of Manchester. The Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester railway, joins the Manchester and Birmingham railway near Chancery-lane. It is here carried on a succession of immense viaducts. Pop., in 1801, 1,762; in 1831, 5,524. Houses 1,033. Acres 470. A. P. £11,241. Poor rates, in 1837, £825.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

Parish Records

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England, Lancashire, Ardwick – Cemeteries ( 5 )
Ardwick Cemetery register of interments, 1833-1950
Author: Ardwick Cemetery (Ardwick, Lancashire); Manchester Archives Central Library

Memorial inscriptions from inside the church of St. Benedict, Ardwick, Manchester
Author: Berrell, A. Michael; Cadman, George H.; Darlington, J. J.

Monumental inscriptions from inside St. Thomas’s parish church, Ardwick
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society

Record of the tombstones in Ardwick Cemetery : which was established by a deed dated the 10 November 1837 and transferred to the Mancester corporation by the Mancester Corporation Act, 1958
Author: Manchester (Lancashire); Ardwick Cemetery (Ardwick, Lancashire); Great Britain. Public Record Office

Record of the tombstones in St. Luke’s churchyard Chorlton-on-Medlock, 1804-1854
Author: Manchester (Lancashire); Church of England. St. Luke’s Church (Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire)

England, Lancashire, Ardwick – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Ardwick, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Lancashire, Ardwick – Census – 1841 ( 1 )
Census of Ardwick, 1841
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Lancashire, Ardwick – Census – 1851 ( 2 )
1851 census for Manchester and District, St. Silas and St. Thomas’s Ardwick sub-district : unfilmed 1851 census Public Office reference HO 107 2220
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society

Transcript of the unfilmed 1851 census returns, Ardwick HO107/2220
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society

England, Lancashire, Ardwick – Church records ( 20 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Ardwick, 1752-1843
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Ardwick (Lancashire)

Church records for Chancery Lane Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Ardwick, 1888-1949
Author: Chancery Lane Chapel (Ardwick, Lancashire)

Church records for Rylance Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Ardwick, 1892-1900
Author: Rylance Street Chapel (Ardwick, Lancashire : Wesleyan Methodist)

Church records for the Fourth Primitive Methodist Circuit, Manchester, 1905-1947
Author: Primitive Methodist Church. Manchester Fourth Circuit (Lancashire)

Church records for the Hyde Road Primitive Methodist Chapel, Ardwick, 1866-1904
Author: Hyde Road Chapel (Ardwick, Lancashire : Primitive Methodist)

Church records for the Hyde Road United Methodist Free Church, Ardwick, 1865-1937
Author: Hyde Road Chapel (Ardwick, Lancashire : United Methodist Free)

Church records for the Ninth Primitive Methodist circuit, Manchester, 1893-1919, 1943
Author: Primitive Methodist Church. Manchester Ninth Circuit (Lancashire)

Church records for the Primitive Methodist Church, Ardwick, 1854-1963
Author: Primitive Methodist Church (Ardwick, Lancashire)

England, Lancashire, Ardwick, St. Benedict, parish registers, 1880-1930
Author: Manchester Archives Central Library

England, Lancashire, Ardwick, St. Matthew, Hyde Road, parish registers, 1865-1928
Author: Church of England. St. Matthew’s Church (Ardwick, Lancashire); Manchester Archives Central Library

England, Lancashire, Ardwick, St. Silas, parish registers, 1842-1929
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Ardwick (Lancashire); Manchester Archives Central Library

England, Lancashire, Ardwick, St. Thomas, parish registers, 1762-1930
Author: Church of England. St. Thomas’ Church (Ardwick, Lancashire); Manchester Archives Central Library

Parish register transcripts : Manchester, St. Thomas Church, Ardwick, commencing 1740
Author: Church of England. St. Thomas’ Church (Ardwick, Lancashire); Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959

Parish registers for St. Thomas’ Church, Ardwick, 1740-1976
Author: Church of England. St. Thomas’ Church (Ardwick, Lancashire)

Parish registers of St. Benedict’s Church, Ardwick, 1880-1975
Author: Church of England. St. Benedict’s Church (Ardwick, Lancashire)

The parish registers of St. Chad, Saddleworth, in the county of York, containing the marriages, baptisms, and burials from 1613-1800 : with supplement and appendix, containing additional information connected with the church, and a fragmentary history of Saddleworth-cum-Quick
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Saddleworth (Yorkshire); Radcliffe, John

The parish registers of St. Chad, Saddleworth, in the county of York, containing the marriages, baptisms, and burials from 1613-1800 : with supplement and appendix, containing additional information connected with the church, and a fragmentary history of Saddleworth-cum-Quick
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Saddleworth (Yorkshire); Radcliffe, John

Parish registers of St. Jerome’s Church, Ardwick, 1913-1971
Author: Church of England. St. Jerome’s Church (Ardwick, Lancashire)

Parish registers of St. Matthew’s Church, Ardwick, 1865-1971
Author: Church of England. St. Matthew’s Church (Ardwick, Lancashire)

Parish registers of St. Silas’ Church, Ardwick, 1842-1954
Author: Church of England. St. Silas’ Church (Ardwick, Lancashire)

England, Lancashire, Ardwick – Land and property ( 1 )
Poor law records for Ardwick township, 1821-1895
Author: Ardwick (Lancashire : township)

England, Lancashire, Ardwick – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records for Ardwick township, 1821-1895
Author: Ardwick (Lancashire : township)

England, Lancashire, Ardwick – Schools ( 3 )
School records for Hampden Street, Ross Place School, Ardwick, 1911-1926
Author: Hampden Street, Ross Place School (Ardwick, Lancashire)

School records for Industrial School for boys and girls, Ardwick Green, 1866-1912
Author: Manchester Certified Industrial School. Ardwick Green Branch (Ardwick, Lancashire); Manchester Archives Central Library

School records for St. Thomas’ School, Ardwick, 1893-1926
Author: St. Thomas’ School (Ardwick, Lancashire)

England, Lancashire, Ardwick – Taxation ( 1 )
Poor law records for Ardwick township, 1821-1895
Author: Ardwick (Lancashire : township)

Lancashire Historical Directories

Administration

  • County: Lancashire
  • Civil Registration District: Chorlton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Manchester
  • Rural Deanery: Manchester
  • Poor Law Union: Chorlton
  • Hundred: Salford
  • Province: York