Bury St Mary, Lancashire Family History Guide

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Bury St Mary is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Lancashire. Heywood is a chapelry of Bury St Mary.

Other places in the parish include: Newhallhey, Newhall Hey and Hall Carr, New Hall Hey and Hall Carr, Musden Head, Middle Division, Lench, Hooley Bridge, Heap, Hall Carr, Cowpe Lenches, Cowpe Lench, Cowpe, Coupe and Lenches, New Hall Hey and Hall Carr, Bramford, and Bamford.

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Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1590
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603

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

United Kingdom, England, Lancashire, Bury – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Bury, St. Mary the Virgin [monumental inscriptions]
Author: Church of England. St. Mary-the-Virgin Church (Bury, Lancashire)

United Kingdom, England, Lancashire, Bury – Church records ( 4 )
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

Parish registers for St. Mary-the-Virgin Church, Bury, 1699-1837
Author: Church of England. St. Mary-the-Virgin Church (Bury, Lancashire)

Monumental inscriptions in St. Mary’s Churchyard, Birch, Lancashire, ca. 1835-1960
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Birch (near Middleton, Lancashire)

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

United Kingdom, England, Lancashire, Bury – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Bury, St. Mary, Lancashire, England

Bury marriage index, 1800-1837
Author: Barber-Lomax, J. W.; Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (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