Bury St John, Lancashire Family History Guide

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Bury St John is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1781 from Bury St Mary Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Cowpe Lenches, Hall Carr, and Newhallhey.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1837
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1769

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

See Bury, Lancashire Family History Guide

Bury Parish Registers

Lancashire Parish Register Society - Bury 1590 to 1616 The Registers of The Parish Church of Bury in the County of Lancaster. Christenings, Burials & Weddings 1590 to 1616. View Free PDF
Lancashire Parish Register Society - Bury 1590 to 1616
Lancashire Parish Register Society - Bury 1617 to 1646 The Registers of The Parish Church of Bury in the County of Lancaster. Christenings, Burials & Weddings 1617 to 1646. View Free PDF
Lancashire Parish Register Society - Bury 1617 to 1646

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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United Kingdom, England, Lancashire, Bury – Cemeteries ( 5 )
Lancashire monumental inscriptions, Bury, St. John the Rock
Author: Parkington, Mildred E.; Church of England. St. John’s Church (Bury, Lancashire)

Birtle, Bury, St. John the Baptist, monumental inscriptions, Lancashire
Author: Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society

Monumental inscriptions of the parish of St. John the Baptist, Birtle near Bury, Lancashire
Author: Haylett, Frank T.

Monumental inscriptions, Bury, Lancashire, England : the Methodist churchyard, St. John’s churchyard, St. Paul’s churchyard, Bury, and St. Ann’s, Elton, nr. Bury
Author: Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959

The Old church of St. John the Rock, Bury, Lancs. : details of inscriptions on the gravestones

United Kingdom, England, Lancashire, Bury – Church records ( 7 )
England, Lancashire, Bury, St. John, parish registers, 1813-1906
Author: Church of England. St. John’s Church (Bury, Lancashire); Manchester Archives Central Library

Lancashire monumental inscriptions, Bury, St. John the Rock
Author: Parkington, Mildred E.; Church of England. St. John’s Church (Bury, Lancashire)

Parish registers for St. John’s Church, Bury, 1770-1906
Author: Church of England. St. John’s Church (Bury, Lancashire)

Parish registers for St. Mary’s Church, Bury, 1590-1948
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Bury, Lancashire); Suffolk Record Office. Bury St. Edmunds Branch

Bury bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1894
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Bury, Lancashire)

Parish register transcripts, 1699-1818
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bury (Lancashire)

Parish registers of the chapelry of Birtle, 1846-1981
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Birtle (Lancashire)

United Kingdom, England, Lancashire, Bury – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
St. John’s Church, Bury, register of baptisms, indexes of names, 1770-1879
Author: Church of England. St. John’s Church (Bury, Lancashire)

Computer printout of Bury, St. John, Lancashire, England

All Saints, Elton, Bury; alphabetically indexed transcript of baptism registers : vol. 1. 30th April 1843 to 23rd August 1866, vol. 2. 26th August 1866 to 31st December 1877
Author: Grundy, John T.; Church of England. Chapelry of Elton (Lancashire)

United Kingdom, England, Lancashire, Bury – Schools ( 1 )
School records for St. John’s Church of England School, Bury, 1870-1906
Author: St. John’s Church of England School (Bury, Lancashire)

Historical Maps

Bury Buckley Wells 1847-59 Bury Large Scale Sheet 5 This map covers the area just south of the town centre, covering the Lancashire & Yorkshire station (Knowsley St) and the Buckley Wells locomotive department. Other features include Bellevue, Waterloo, Haslam Bank, Victoria Gardens. The map was surveyed in 1847 but some railway information has been updated to about 1859. On the reverse we include 10 foot to the mile sheet 88.9.12 covering the Knowsley Street station area in 1889 View Map Details*
Bury Buckley Wells 1847-59 Bury Large Scale Sheet 5
Bury Town Centre 1847-59 Large Scale Sheet 3 This map covers the centre of Bury in wonderful detail. Features include the East Lancashire Station, Carriage Works, Goods warehouse, St Mary's church, Congregational Chapel, Unitarian Chapel, River Irwell, Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal, Bridge Mills, Soho Works, Brooksmouth Mill, Irwell House, St Mary's RC Chapel, New Market Place, Bury & Prestwich Turnpike, etc. The map was surveyed in 1847 but some railway information has been updated to about 1859. On the reverse we include 10 foot to the mile sheet 88.9.7 covering the Market Place and Town Centre in 1890 View Map Details*
Bury Town Centre 1847-59 Large Scale Sheet 3

Administration

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