Harpurhey is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1844 from Manchester Our Lady, St George and St Denys Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Moston.
Alternative names: Harpurhay, Harpurhay cum Moston
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: None
- Bishop’s Transcripts: None
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Association.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
HARPURHEY, a township, in the parish of Manchester, hundred of Salford, S. division of Lancashire, 2½ miles (N. N. E.) from Manchester, on the road to Rochdale; containing 438 inhabitants.
It stands elevated, with an undulated surface; the soil is clay and peat, and there is a sandstone-quarry. The Queen’s Park, of 35 acres’ extent, one of the public parks of Manchester, is in the township: it was opened in 1846. In the village is a silk-mill. The river Irk separates Harpurhey from Crumpsall. The Hall is the seat of John Barrett, Esq.; and Green-Mount Hall, that of Charles F. Thompson, Esq.
The ecclesiastical district of Harpurhey is eight miles in circumference, and comprises the whole of this township and the township of Moston, and part of Collihurst; having a population of 3500.
The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of five Trustees; income, £170, with a house. The church is in the early English style, with a square tower and a spire, and was built in 1838, at a cost of £4000. In connexion with the Church are five schools.
On the road to Manchester is the General Cemetery, occupying nearly eleven acres: it was opened in September 1837; is beautifully arranged; and is for all denominations.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Lancashire, Harpurhay – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Burial registers from the General Cemetery, Harpurhay, Manchester, 1837-1905
Author: Manchester General Cemetery (Harpurhay, Lancashire)
Christ Church, Harpurhay, gravestone inscriptions, ca. 1840-1958
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Harpurhay (Lancashire)
City of Manchester record of the tombstones : in the lower section of the Manchester General Cemetery Harpurhey, which was transferred to the Corporation in 1957 under the Open Spaces Act 1906
Author: Dingle, Philip B.; McMillan, R. C.; Manchester General Cemetery (Harpurhay, Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Harpurhay – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Harpurhey, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Lancashire, Harpurhay – Census – 1851 ( 2 )
1851 census for Manchester & District, Blackley, Harpurhey, and Prestwich sub-district : unfilmed 1851 census Public Record Office Reference HO 107/2232
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society
Transcript of the unfilmed 1851 census returns, Prestwich, Blackley, and Harpurhey HO107/2232
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society
England, Lancashire, Harpurhay – Church records ( 5 )
Church records for Rochdale Road Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Harpurhay, 1851-1959
Author: Rochdale Road Chapel (Harpurhay, Lancashire : Wesleyan Methodist)
England, Lancashire, Harpurhay, St. Stephen, parish registers, 1899-1931
Author: Church of England. St. Stephen’s Church (Harpurhay, Lancashire); Manchester Archives Central Library
England, Lancashire, Harpurhey, Christ Church, parish registers, 1838-1963
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Harpurhay (Lancashire); Manchester Archives Central Library
Parish registers for Christ Church, Harpurhey, 1838-1970
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Harpurhay (Lancashire)
Parish registers for St. Stephen’s, Harpurhay, 1899-1979
Author: Church of England. St. Stephen’s Church (Harpurhay, Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Harpurhay – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Harpurhey, Christ Church, Lancs., Eng
Parish register printouts of Harpurhay, Lancashire, England (Christ Church) ; marriages, 1840-1880
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Harpurhey, Lancashire, England (Christ Church) ; christenings, 1838-1878
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Lancashire, Harpurhay – Land and property ( 1 )
Poor law records for Harpurhay township, 1842-1895
Author: Harpurhay (Lancashire : Township)
England, Lancashire, Harpurhay – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records for Harpurhay township, 1842-1895
Author: Harpurhay (Lancashire : Township)
England, Lancashire, Harpurhay – Schools ( 1 )
School records for Rochdale Road, Christ Church School, Harpurhay, 1885-1930
Author: Christ Church School (Harpurhay, Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Harpurhay – Taxation ( 1 )
Poor law records for Harpurhay township, 1842-1895
Author: Harpurhay (Lancashire : Township)
Administration
- County: Lancashire
- Civil Registration District: Manchester
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Manchester
- Rural Deanery: Bury
- Poor Law Union: Prestwich
- Hundred: Salford
- Province: York
