Oldham St James is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1835 from Oldham St Mary Ecclesiastical Parish.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1830
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1830
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
See Oldham, Lancashire Family History Guide
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Archives and libraries – Inventories, registers, catalogs ( 1 )
Archives listings
Author: Central Library (Oldham, Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Biography ( 1 )
An historical and descriptive account of the town and parochial chapelry of Oldham, in the county of Lancaster : including some biographical sketches of remarkable person, native or residents thereof; together with a directory, &c.
Author: Butterworth, James
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Business records and commerce ( 2 )
History of the Oldham Equitable Co-operative Society Limited : from 1850 to 1900
Author: Walters, Charles
The jubilee history of Oldham Industrial Co-operative Society Limited, 1850-1900
Author: Taylor, J. C.
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Business records and commerce – Directories ( 1 )
A directory of Oldham pubs
Author: Magee, Rob
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Cemeteries ( 28 )
Burials in St. Peter’s Churchyard, Oldham : recorded in the burial register for St. Peter’s Church, Oldham
Churchyard inscription, St. Mary Oldham, Lancashire, England
Author: Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959
Churchyard inscriptions, St. John, Chadderton, Oldham [and St. Peters, Oldham]
Author: Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959
Churchyard inscriptions, St. Mary’s, Oldham, Lancashire, 1726-1896
Author: Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959
Churchyard inscriptions, St. Mary, Oldham, Lancashire, England
Author: Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959
Copies of the inscriptions on the memorials and gravestones in St. Mary’s churchyard, Oldham
Author: Oldham (Lancashire : Borough)
Copy of epitaphs on gravestones in churchyard and also on gravestones and monuments in the church
Author: Church of England. St. Peter’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Oldham cemetery registers : COLLECTION RECORD, 1797-2004
Author: Hollinwood Cemetery (Hollinwood, Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Oldham, Chadderton Cemetery, 1857-2003
Author: Chadderton Cemetery (Chadderton, Lancashire); Hollinwood Cemetery (Hollinwood, Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Oldham, Greenacres cemetery, 1857-2003
Author: Greenacres Cemetery (Oldham, Lancashire); Hollinwood Cemetery (Hollinwood, Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Oldham, Hollinwood Cemetery, 1889-2003
Author: Hollinwood Cemetery (Hollinwood, Lancashire); Hollinwood Cemetery (Hollinwood, Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Oldham, Lees Cemetery, 1879-2003
Author: Lees Cemetery (Lees, Lancashire); Hollinwood Cemetery (Hollinwood, Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Oldham, Royton cemetery, 1879-2003
Author: Royton Cemetery (Royton, Lancashire); Hollinwood Cemetery (Hollinwood, Lancashire)
Holy Trinity church, Waterhead, Oldham, gravestone and memorial record
Author: Oldham and District Historical Society; Church of England. Chapelry of Waterhead (Lancashire)
Memorial inscriptions at Greenacres Congregational Church, Galland Street, Oldham
Author: Oldham and District Historical Society
Memorial inscriptions at various churches in Oldham
Author: Oldham and District Historical Society
Memorial inscriptions at various churches in Oldham
Author: Oldham and District Historical Society
Memorial inscriptions from inside the church of St. John, Werneth, Oldham
Author: Berrell, A. Michael; Church of England. St. John’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire)
Memorials of All Saints Church, Northmoor, Oldham, Lancashire
Author: Berrell, A. Michael; Cadman, George H.
Monumental inscriptions of Oldham Cemetery
Monumental inscriptions of St. Thomas Moorside, Oldham, Lancashire, England
Monumental inscriptions, Oldham, Lancashire, England, 1800-1950
The Oldham chapelry
Author: Perry-Gore, George
Oldham churchyard burials 1768-1977
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society
Oldham St. Mary burials 1558-1932 : transcript and index
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society
Oldham, Greenacres Congregational, memorial inscriptions, Lancashire
Author: Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society; Oldham and District Historical Society
Oldham, Hope Congregational Church [monumental inscriptions]
Author: Oldham and District Historical Society; Hope Chapel (Oldham, Lancashire : Congregational)
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Heyside, Royton, Oldham, Lancashire, the burial ground : burials from 1665 to 1938, comprising of an index by surname and a transcription in date of burial order
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Cemeteries – Indexes ( 1 )
England, Lancashire, Oldham cemetery registers : COLLECTION RECORD, 1797-2004
Author: Hollinwood Cemetery (Hollinwood, Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Oldham, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Census – 1851 ( 3 )
1851 census surname index
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society
1851 unfilmed census returns – Oldham below Town
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society
Oldham below Town 1851 census HO 1072240
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
1851 census surname index, Oldham : Public Records Office, ref. HO 107/2240-41
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Church history ( 6 )
A centenary memorial : or brief record of the origin & progress of the Wesleyan Sunday Schools in Oldham and the neighbourhood
Author: Marrat, Jabez
Greenacres : being a brief history of Greenacres Chapel, Oldham, Greenacres Congregational Church, 1672-1922
Author: Higgs, Thomas Kilpin, Mrs.; Stowell, Stanley H.
Greenacres gleanings : 150 years of witness to our Lord Jesus Christ, 1837-1987
Author: Greenacres Independent Methodist Church (Oldham, Lancashire)
Oldham, Manchester Street, Methodist Church 150th anniversary and third golden jubilee celebrations : Saint Domingo Street Methodist Sunday School, 1785-1935
The story of the ancient parochial chapelry of St. Mary’s, Oldham : Quincentenary year, 1906
Author: Perry-Gore, George
United Reformed Church (Presbyterian – Congregational) King Street, Oldham, 1883-1983
Author: Roche, Peter
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Church records ( 46 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Coldhurst, 1848-1875
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Coldhurst (Lancashire)
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)
Bishop’s transcripts for Waterhead and Wernith, 1847-1896
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Waterhead (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Wernith (Lancashire); Society of Friends. Oldham Monthly Meeting (England)
Church records for Market Place New Connexion Methodist circuit, Mossley, 1797-1948
Author: Market Place Circuit (Mossley, Lancashire : New Connexion Methodist)
Church records, 1763-1836
Author: Greenacre’s Chapel (Oldham, England : Independent)
Church records, 1791-1822
Author: Manchester Street Chapel (Oldham, England : Wesleyan)
Church records, 1816-1837
Author: Manchester Street Chapel (Oldham, England : Baptist)
Church records, 1820-1837
Author: St. George’s Chapel (Oldham, England : Methodist)
Church records, 1822-1837
Author: Methodist Church (Oldham, England)
Church records, 1825-1837
Author: Hope Chapel (Oldham, Lancashire : Congregational)
Church records, 1825-1837
Author: Hope Chapel (Oldham, Lancashire : Congregational)
Church records, 1825-1840
Author: Salem Chapel (Oldham, Lancashire : Moravian)
Church records, 1828-1837
Author: Providence Chapel (Oldham, England : Independent)
Church records, 1829-1837
Author: Queen Street Chapel (Oldham, England : Independent)
Churchyard gravestone inscriptions [St. Mary’s and St. Peters] Oldham, Lancashire, England
Author: Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959
England, Lancashire, Oldham, St. Mary, handwritten transcripts of parish registers (Giles Shaw manuscripts)
Author: Manchester Archives Central Library
Greenacres Independent Chapel, Oldham, baptisms, 1881-1908
The Independent chapel, Greenacres, Oldham
Author: Greenacre’s Chapel (Oldham, England : Independent)
Independent Chapel, Greenacres, Oldham
Author: Hampson, Rodney; Greenacre’s Chapel (Oldham, England : Independent)
Independent Chapel, Greenacres, Oldham
Author: Hampson, Rodney; Greenacres Independent Church (Oldham, Lancashire)
The Independent Chapel, Greenacres, Oldham : volume IV, burials 1881-1908
Author: Greenacre’s Chapel (Oldham, England : Independent)
Index to Giles Shaw’s 1889 printed register of Oldham and St. Mary’s Oldham, 1796-1817
Author: Shaw, Giles
Lancashire baptisms, Oldham Independent Methodist Chapel, George St.
Author: Moses, R.; Moses, M.; Independent Methodist Church (Oldham, Lancashire)
Oldham Independent Methodist or Free Gospel Chapel, Greenacres Hill, baptisms, 1890-1977
Author: Moses, R.; Moses, M.
Oldham St. Mary burials 1558-1932 : transcript and index
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society
Parish chest records for St Mary’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire), 1681-1831
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire)
Parish register transcripts : christenings, Oct. 1768-Dec. 1802; burials, Oct. 1768-Dec. 1802; and gravestone inscriptions, St. Peters, Oldham, Lancashire, England
Author: Church of England. St. Peter’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire); Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959
Parish register transcripts from Shaw, East Crompton and Crompton, Lancashire, 1877-1900
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of East Crompton (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Shaw (Lancashire)
Parish register transcripts, 1796-1825
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire)
Parish register transcripts, 1803-1825
Author: Church of England. St. Peter’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire)
Parish registers for All Saint’s Church, Northmoor, 1891-1950
Author: Church of England. All Saints’ Church (Northmoor, Lancashire); Manchester Archives Central Library
Parish registers for St Mary’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire), 1558-1968
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire); Central Library (Oldham, Lancashire)
Parish registers for St. Andrew’s Church, Oldham, 1868-1951
Author: Church of England. St. Andrew’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire); Manchester Archives Central Library
Parish registers for St. Paul’s, Oldham, 1877-1949
Author: Church of England. St. Paul’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire); Manchester Archives Central Library
Parish registers for St. Peter’s church, Oldham, 1768-1948
Author: Church of England. St. Peter’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire); Central Library (Oldham, Lancashire)
Parish registers for St. Stephen and All Martyrs’ Church, Oldham, 1870-1950
Author: Church of England. St. Stephen and All Martyrs’ Church (Oldham, Lancashire); Manchester Archives Central Library
Parish registers for Waterhead, 1845-1980
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Waterhead (Lancashire)
The parish registers of St. Chad, Saddleworth, in the county of York, containing the marriages, baptisms, and burials from 1613-1800 : with supplement and appendix, containing additional information connected with the church, and a fragmentary history of Saddleworth-cum-Quick
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Saddleworth (Yorkshire); Radcliffe, John
The parish registers of St. Chad, Saddleworth, in the county of York, containing the marriages, baptisms, and burials from 1613-1800 : with supplement and appendix, containing additional information connected with the church, and a fragmentary history of Saddleworth-cum-Quick
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Saddleworth (Yorkshire); Radcliffe, John
Poor law and various town records, 1681-1793
Author: Oldham (Lancashire); Greater Manchester County Record Office
Record of members, 1840-1947
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Oldham Branch (Lancashire)
The Registers of Oldham Church from 1558 to 1661
Author: Shaw, Giles; Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire)
The registers of St. Mary’s Oldham, 1558-1682
Author: Perkins, John, 1930-; Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire)
St. Peter’s Oldham christenings, 2 Jan 1803 – 27 Dec 1812
Author: Jeffs, Lamont D., 1934-; Church of England. St. Peter’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire)
Waterhead Congregational Church, Oldham, baptisms, 1856-1963
Author: Hampson, R.; Waterhead Chapel (Oldham, Lancashire : Congregational)
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Church records – Indexes ( 22 )
Computer printout of Oldham, George Street Chapel Independent Methodist or Wesleyan, Lancs., Eng
Computer printout of Oldham, Greenacres Independent, Lancs., Eng
Computer printout of Oldham, Hope Independent, Lancs., Eng
Computer printout of Oldham, Manchester Street Particular Baptist, Lancs., Eng
Computer printout of Oldham, Manchester Street Wesleyan Methodist, Lancs., Eng
Computer printout of Oldham, Providence Independence, Lancs., Eng
Computer printout of Oldham, Queen Street Independent, Lancs., Eng
Computer printout of Oldham, Salem Chapel Moravian, Lancs., Eng
Computer printout of Oldham, St. Mary, Lancashire, England
Lancashire baptisms, Oldham Independent Methodist Chapel, George St., 1847-1988
Author: Moses, R.; Moses, M.; George Street Chapel (Oldham, Lancashire : Independent Methodist)
Lancashire baptisms, Oldham Independent Methodist Chapel, King St., 1854-1971
Author: Moses, R.; Moses, M.; King Street Chapel (Oldham, Lancashire : Independent Methodist)
Lancashire baptisms, Oldham Independent Methodist Chapel, Ross St., 1928-1971
Author: Moses, R.; Moses, M.; Ross Street Chapel (Oldham, Lancashire : Independent Methodist)
Lancashire baptisms, Oldham, Bethesda Independent Chapel or Free Gospel Chapel, Broadway Street, 1883-1928
Author: Moses, R.; Moses, M.; Bethesda Chapel (Oldham, Lancashire : Independent Methodist)
Marriage index, 1695-1800, for St. Mary’s parish, Oldham, Lancashire
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire)
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)
Oldham [marriage index], 1813-1830
Parish register printouts of Oldham, Lancashire, England (Independent Church, Greenacres Chapel) ; christenings, 1765-1836
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Oldham, Lancashire, England (Independent Church, Hope Chapel) ; christenings, 1825-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Oldham, Lancashire, England (Independent Church, Providence Chapel) ; christenings, 1828-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Oldham, Lancashire, England (Independent Church, Queen Street Chapel) ; christenings, 1827-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Oldham, Lancashire, England (Independent Methodist or Wesleyan Church, George Street Chapel) ; christenings, 1820-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Oldham, Lancashire, England (Wesleyan Methodist Church, Manchester Street Chapel) ; christenings, 1791-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Court records ( 1 )
England, Lancashire, Oldham Coroner’s inquest book, 1905-1917
Author: Oldham Borough Council Coroner (Lancashire); Oldham Council Local Studies and Archives (Lancashire, England)
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Directories ( 2 )
Oldham and district directories
Worrall’s directory of Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge, Dukinfield, Guidebridge, Saddleworth, and Middleton : with the township’s of Alkrington, Chadderton, Crompton, Mossley, Royton, Thornham, Tonge and neighbourhoods
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Gazetteers ( 1 )
The Cotton mills of Oldham
Author: Hunt, Julian; Gurr, Duncan; Collier, David
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Genealogy ( 2 )
The Giles Shaw manuscripts
Personal charts–LDS members of the Oldham Branch, Lancashire, England
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Genealogy – Sources ( 1 )
Early records of Oldham : a miscellaneous collection ranging from 1681 to 1829
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society
England, Lancashire, Oldham – History ( 8 )
The Cotton mills of Oldham
Author: Hunt, Julian; Gurr, Duncan; Collier, David
An historical and descriptive account of the town and parochial chapelry of Oldham, in the county of Lancaster : including some biographical sketches of remarkable person, native or residents thereof; together with a directory, &c.
Author: Butterworth, James
Local notes and gleanings : Oldham and neighborhood in bygone times
Author: Shaw, Giles
Memory sketches, part 1 : parliamentary elections; enfranchisement of the borough in 1832, to general election, 1852 both inclusive
Author: Grime, Benjamin
Oldham : the formative years
Author: McPhillips, K.
Oldham as it was
Author: Stafford, John, d. 1452
Oldham, past and present : a concise history of Oldham’s progress
Author: Middleton, James
Some Oldham times
Author: Davenport, Kathlyn
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Land and property ( 2 )
General rate for police, 1840-1849
Author: Oldham (Lancashire)
Poor law and various town records, 1681-1793
Author: Oldham (Lancashire); Greater Manchester County Record Office
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Maps ( 2 )
Early records of Oldham : a miscellaneous collection ranging from 1681 to 1829
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society
Manchester : including Bolton, Rochdale, Altrincham, Oldham, Ringway, Stockport, Stalybridge, Bury, Wilmslow, Alderley Edge
Author: Geographers’ A-Z Map Company
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Military records – Militia ( 2 )
Early records of Oldham : a miscellaneous collection ranging from 1681 to 1829
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society
Poor law and various town records, 1681-1793
Author: Oldham (Lancashire); Greater Manchester County Record Office
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Obituaries – Indexes ( 1 )
Index to obituaries taken from local newspapers, 1890-1974
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Occupations ( 1 )
Up at five : voices of the half timers in Oldham’s cotton mills
Author: Millett, Freda
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 6 )
Early records of Oldham : a miscellaneous collection ranging from 1681 to 1829
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society
England, Lancashire, Oldham admission and discharge register, Oldham Union poorhouse, 1871-1917
Author: Oldham Union (Lancashire); Greater Manchester County Record Office
Parish chest records for St Mary’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire), 1681-1831
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire)
Poor law and various town records, 1681-1793
Author: Oldham (Lancashire); Greater Manchester County Record Office
Poor rates, 1841, 1845
Author: Oldham (Lancashire)
Workhouse registers of births and deaths, 1847-1922
Author: Oldham Union (Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Public records ( 1 )
England, Lancashire, Oldham Coroner’s inquest book, 1905-1917
Author: Oldham Borough Council Coroner (Lancashire); Oldham Council Local Studies and Archives (Lancashire, England)
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Schools ( 2 )
School records for St. Mary’s School, Oldham, 1901-1925
Author: St. Mary’s School (Oldham, Lancashire)
Up at five : voices of the half timers in Oldham’s cotton mills
Author: Millett, Freda
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Societies ( 1 )
The jubilee history of Oldham Industrial Co-operative Society Limited, 1850-1900
Author: Taylor, J. C.
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Taxation ( 6 )
Early records of Oldham : a miscellaneous collection ranging from 1681 to 1829
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society
England, Lancashire, Oldham rate book, 1841-1937
Author: Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (Lancashire); Oldham Council Local Studies and Archives (Lancashire, England)
General rate for police, 1840-1849
Author: Oldham (Lancashire)
Parish chest records for St Mary’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire), 1681-1831
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Oldham, Lancashire)
Poor law and various town records, 1681-1793
Author: Oldham (Lancashire); Greater Manchester County Record Office
Poor rates, 1841, 1845
Author: Oldham (Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Vital records ( 1 )
England, Lancashire, Oldham Coroner’s inquest book, 1905-1917
Author: Oldham Borough Council Coroner (Lancashire); Oldham Council Local Studies and Archives (Lancashire, England)
England, Lancashire, Oldham – Voting registers ( 3 )
England, Lancashire, Oldham Borough, list of the burgesses and electors rolls of the Borough of Oldham, 1850-1940
Author: Oldham (Lancashire : Borough); Oldham Council Local Studies and Archives (Lancashire, England)
Oldham absent voters list 1918
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society
Voting registers, 1849-1899
Author: Oldham (Lancashire)
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
