Unsworth is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1730 from Prestwich St Mary Ancient Parish.
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Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1840
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1792
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
UNSWORTH, a chapelry, with three hamlets, in Prestwich parish, Lancashire; 2½ miles SSE of Bury r. station. It has a post-office under Bury, and a fair on the last Monday of July. Pop., about 2,000.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £200. Patron, the Rector of Prestwich. The church was rebuilt in 1842.
There are three dissenting chapels, and an endowed school with £20 a year.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Lancashire, Unsworth – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Burials from the grave book, Unsworth Wesleyan Chapel, Unsworth
Author: Hulme, Avril
Monumental inscriptions of Unsworth Cemetery
Unsworth, Saint George’s [monumental inscriptions]
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Unsworth (Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Unsworth – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Stand, 1792-1846
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Stand (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Unsworth (Lancashire)
Church records for Unsworth Methodist Church, 1810-1915
Author: Methodist Church (Unsworth, Lancashire); Manchester Archives Central Library
Church records, 1810-1837
Author: Wesleyan Church (Unsworth, England)
Parish register transcripts, Unsworth, Lancashire, England
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Unsworth (Lancashire); Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959
Parish registers for St. George’s Church, Unsworth, 1730-1891
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Unsworth (Lancashire); Manchester Central Library
Unsworth, St. George’s Church, 1730-1796
Author: Wardle, Lewis; Matthews, Paula; Church of England. Chapelry of Unsworth (Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Unsworth – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of Unsworth, Lancs., Eng
Computer printout of Unsworth, Wesleyan, Lancs., Eng
Parish register printouts of Unsworth, Lancashire, England (Wesleyan Church) ; christenings, 1810-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Unsworth, Lancashire, England ; christenings, 1730-1827
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Administration
- County: Lancashire
- Civil Registration District: Bury
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Manchester
- Rural Deanery: Prestwich
- Poor Law Union: Prestwich
- Hundred: Salford
- Province: York