Heaton Norris, Lancashire Family History Guide

Heaton Norris originally a township and chapelry in Manchester Our Lady St George and St Denys Ancient Parish. It became a separate civil parish in 1866 and a separate Ecclesiastical Parish (St Thomas) in 1770. The ecclesiastical parish included the townships of Levenshulme and Reddish. In 1854 parish boundaries were altered to create Heaton Norris Christ Church. The boundaries were again altered in 1861 to create Levenshulme Ecclesiastical Parish, in 1865 to create Heaton Reddish Ecclesiastical Parish, in 1878 to create Heaton Moor Ecclesiastical Parish and in 1884 to create Reddish Ecclesiastical Parish.

Parish registers begin: 1838; Separate registers exist for Heaton Mersey: 1850

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, and Wesleyan Methodist.

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Great Heaton

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HEATON (Great), a township in Prestwich parish, Lancashire; on the river Irk, 4 miles N by W of Manchester. It was anciently known as Heaton-Reddish; and it includes the hamlet of Lands-End. Acres, 866. Real property, £2, 508. Pop., 159. Houses, 34. The manor belonged to the Langleys, and passed to the Reddishes, the Cokes, and the Drinkwaterses. Most of the land, with Heaton House, belongs now to the Earl of Wilton. Heaton House is a modern edifice, in the Ionic style; and stands in a well wooded park, about 5 miles in circuit

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

Reddish

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

REDDISH, a township and a chapelry in Manchester parish, Lancashire. The township lies on the Stockport and Staleybridge railway, near the river Tame at the boundary with Cheshire, 2 miles N by E of Stockport; and has a station on the railway. Post-town, Stockport. Acres, 1, 541. Real property, £8, 444. Pop. in 1851, 1, 218; in 1861, 1, 363. Houses, 280. There are some handsome modern residences, inhabited by manufacturers of Stockport. There are also three cotton mills, print-works, and a paper manufactory. The chapelry is much more extensive than the township, was constituted in 1864, and is called Heaton-Reddish. Pop., about6,000. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £200. Patrons, Trustees. The church was built in 1864, at a cost of £2, 500; and is in the decorated English style.

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

Parish Records

A History of the Ancient Chapels of Didsbury and Chorlton in Manchester Parish. including sketches of the townships of Didsbury, Withington, Burnage, Heaton Norris, Reddish, Levenshulme, and Chorlton-cum-Hardy together with notices of the more ancient local families and particulars relating to the descent of their estates, by The Rev, John Booker, M.A., F.S.A., of Magdalene College, Cambridge, Curate of Prestwich. Printed for the Chetham Society 1857. File size: 30 MB – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Historical Maps

Stockport, Altrincham and NE Cheshire 1912: One Inch Sheet 098 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Inch to the Mile) This busy Inch to the Mile map is an ideal accompaniment to the growing range of detailed, large scale maps published for the Stockport and Trafford areas. It shows them in context. Coverage stretches from Lymm eastward to Marple and Compstall, and from Chorlton cum Hardy southward to Prestbury. On the reverse is a detailed map of Adlington Hall and Hollingsworth Smithy, including Adlington station. Ringway, much changed since the growth of Manchester Airport, is in the centre of the Inch to the Mile map. View Map Details*

Administration

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