Astley is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1722 from a chapelry in Leigh Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: East Leigh
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1760
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1724
Nonconformists include: Presbyterian, Unitarian, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ASTLEY, or East Leigh, a township-chapelry in Leigh parish, Lancashire; near the Bridgewater canal and the Manchester and Liverpool railway, 8½ miles W of Manchester. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Manchester. Acres, 2,628. Real property, £11,967, of which £5,000 are in mines. Pop., 2,109. Houses, 437. There are collieries and a large cotton mill. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £250. Patron, the Vicar of Leigh. The church is modern, and has been thrice enlarged. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a free grammar school, a national school, and some small charities.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Lancashire, Astley – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of St. Stephen’s Church, Astley, Lancs.
Author: Lewis, G. R.; Church of England. Chapelry of Astley (Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Astley – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Astley, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Lancashire, Astley – Church records ( 8 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Leigh, 1602-1853
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Leigh (Lancashire)
Church records, 1777
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Astley (Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Astley, St. Stephen, parish registers, 1760-1931
Author: Church of England. St. Stephen’s Church (Astley); Manchester Archives Central Library
Parish register transcripts, 1744-1812
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Astley (Lancashire)
Parish registers for St. Mary-the-Virgin Church, Leigh, 1560-1901
Author: Church of England. St. Mary-the-Virgin Church (Leigh, Lancashire); Wigan Record Office
Parish registers for St. Mary-the-Virgin Church, Leigh, 1701-1839
Author: Church of England. St. Mary-the-Virgin Church (Leigh, Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Astley (Lancashire); Church of England. Parish Church of Atherton (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Ellenbrook (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Little Hulton (Lancashire)
Parish registers for St. Stephen’s Church, Astley, 1760-1969
Author: Church of England. St. Stephen’s Church (Astley)
The registers of Leigh parish church, 1701-1753 : incorporating the registers of Astley Chapel and Atherton Chapel, 1724-1753
Author: Taylor, Ken T.; Church of England. Parish Church of Leigh (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Astley (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Atherton (Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Astley – Church records – Indexes ( 5 )
Computer printout of Astley, Lancs., Eng
Computer printout of Astley, Unitarian Christian or Presbyterian, Lancs., Eng
Parish register printouts of Astley, Lancashire, England (Unitarian Christian or Presbyterian Church) ; christenings, 1825-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Astley, Lancashire, England ; christenings, 1724-1730, 1732-1838
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Astley, Lancashire, England ; christenings, 1744-1844
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Lancashire, Astley – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
England, Lancashire, Astley poor, lighting and sanitary rate books, 1854-1901
Author: Leigh Poor Law Union (Lancashire, England); Leigh (Borough : Lancashire); Greater Manchester County Record Office
England, Lancashire, Astley – Taxation ( 1 )
England, Lancashire, Astley poor, lighting and sanitary rate books, 1854-1901
Author: Leigh Poor Law Union (Lancashire, England); Leigh (Borough : Lancashire); Greater Manchester County Record Office
Lancashire Historical Directories
Administration
- County: Lancashire
- Civil Registration District: Leigh
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Manchester
- Rural Deanery: Eccles
- Poor Law Union: Leigh
- Hundred: West Derby
- Province: York
