Friarmere Yorkshire Family History Guide

Friarmere is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1795 from Rochdale Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Friar Mere, Rochdale St Thomas

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1769
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Presbyterian, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FRIARMERE, a chapelry in Saddleworth township, Rochdale parish, and W. R. Yorkshire; at the backbone of England, contiguous to Lancashire, 1 mile N of Delph r. station, and 6½ SE of Rochdale.

It was constituted in 1844; and its post town is Delph, under Manchester. Pop., 2, 979. Houses, 645. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £200. Patron, the Vicar of Rochdale.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Friarmere – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Friarmere, 1784-1846
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Friarmere (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Saddleworth, 1612-1846
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Saddleworth (Yorkshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Friarmere (Yorkshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Dobcross (Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Friarmere, 1769-1992
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Friarmere (Yorkshire); Church of England. St. Hilda’s Mission Church (Delph, Yorkshire); Manchester Public Libraries (Manchester, England)

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

England, Yorkshire, Friarmere – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Friarmere parish, Yorkshire, England, christenings, 1767-1771

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Saddleworth
  • Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: Manchester
  • Rural Deanery: Ashton Under Lyne
  • Poor Law Union: Rochdale
  • Hundred: Agbrigg
  • Province: York