Hollinwood is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1835 from Oldham St Mary Ecclesiastical Parish.
Alternative names: Hollingwood
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1769
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1782
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist Association.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HOLLINWOOD, a village and a chapelry in Prestwich parish, Lancashire.
The village stands near the Rochdale canal and the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, 1½ mile SSW of Oldham; is modern and large; has a post office under Manchester, and several factories; and is a seat of petty sessions.
The chapelry was constituted in 1835. Pop. in 1861, 6,298. Houses, 1,289. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £300. Patron, the Rector of Prestwich. The church is plain.
There are an Independent chapel of 1866, Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, and national-schools.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Lancashire, Hollinwood – Cemeteries ( 3 )
England, Lancashire, Oldham, Hollinwood Cemetery, 1889-2003
Author: Hollinwood Cemetery (Hollinwood, Lancashire); Hollinwood Cemetery (Hollinwood, Lancashire)
St. Margaret’s Church, Hollinwood, schedule of earth burials
St. Margarets Church, Hollinwood, schedule of earth burials, ca. 1750-1950
Author: Church of England. St. Margaret’s Church (Hollinwood, Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Hollinwood – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Hollinwood, 1796-1854
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Hollinwood (Lancashire)
Bishop’s transcripts for St. Mary’s Church, Oldham, 1604-1880
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire); Church of England. St. Peter’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire); Church of England. St. James’ Church (Oldham, Lancashire)
Christenings transcribed from St. Margaret’s Chapel, Hollinwood, 1769-1804
Author: Church of England. St. Margaret’s Church (Hollinwood, Lancashire); Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959
Churchyard burials in Chadderton, Failsworth and Hollinwood
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society; Church of England. Chapelry of Failsworth (Lancashire); Church of England. St. Margaret’s Church (Hollinwood, Lancashire); Church of England. St. Matthew’s Church (Chadderton, Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Hollinwood, St. Margaret, parish registers, 1769-1999
Author: Church of England. St. Margaret’s Church (Hollinwood, Lancashire); Manchester Archives Central Library
Parish registers for St. Margaret’s Church, Hollinwood, 1769-1955
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Hollinwood (Lancashire)
The registers of St. Margaret’s, Hollinwood, 1769-1837
Author: Church of England. St. Margaret’s Church (Hollinwood, Lancashire); Cadman, George H.
England, Lancashire, Hollinwood – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Churchyard burials in Chadderton, Failsworth and Hollinwood
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society; Church of England. Chapelry of Failsworth (Lancashire); Church of England. St. Margaret’s Church (Hollinwood, Lancashire); Church of England. St. Matthew’s Church (Chadderton, Lancashire)
Computer printout of Hollinwood, St. Margaret Chadderton, Lancs., Eng
Oldham
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire); Church of England. St. Peter’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire); Church of England. St. Margaret’s Church (Hollinwood, Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Shaw (Lancashire)
Parish register printouts of Chadderton and Hollinwood, Lancashire, England, (Saint Margarets), christenings, 1769-1804
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Administration
- County: Lancashire
- Civil Registration District: Oldham
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Manchester
- Rural Deanery: Rochdale
- Poor Law Union: Oldham
- Hundred: Salford
- Province: York
