Dukinfield St Mark, Cheshire Family History Guide

Dukinfield St Mark is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1846 from a chapelry in Stockport St Mary Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Duckenfield, Dukenfield, Dukinfield with Stalybridge

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1846
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1846

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, Methodist New Connexion, Moravian/United Brethren, Plymouth Brethren, Presbyterian Unitarian, and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DUKINFIELD, or Duckenfield, a township, four chapelries, and a sub-district, in Stockport parish, Cheshire. The township lies on the river Tame, the Peak Forest canal, and the Manchester and Sheffield railway, at the boundary with Lancashire, and on the ancient boundary of Mercia and Northumbria, 5¾ miles E of Manchester; has a station on the railway, and a post office under Ashton-under-Lyne; includes part of Staly-bridge, with its r. station and head post office; was known to the Saxons as Doekenveldt; and carries on extensive industry in coal mining, iron-working, fire-brick making, and cotton-spinning.

Acres, 1,690. Real property, £109,445; of which £16,532 are in mines, £80 in quarries, and £1,600 in gas-works. Pop. in 1841, 22,394; in 1861, 29,953. Houses, 5,971. A part of the township under the control of the local board of health forms the town of Dukinfield. Pop., 15,024. Houses, 3,086. Dukinfield Hall, the ancient seat of the Dukinfields, was recently restored, and has a small ancient chapel.

The chapelries are St. John, St. Mark, St. Matthew, and Castle-Hall; the first a p. curacy, the others vicarages, in the diocese of Chester. Value of St John, £300; of St. Mark, £300; of St. Matthew, £160; of Castle-Hall, £300. Patron of St. John, the Rector of Stockport; of St. Mark and St. Matthew, alternately the Crown and the Bishop., of Castle-Hall, Trustees. St. John’s church was built in 1841; and is a handsome structure, in the early English style, with tower and pinnacles.

There are chapels for Independents, Moravians, Unitarians, Wesleyans, Free Methodists, New Connexion Methodists, and Roman Catholics, a spacious cemetery of 1865, two public schools, a temperance hall, and a mechanics’ institute, with library and reading room s.

The sub-district is conterminate with the township; and is in the district of Ashton-under-Lyne.

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

Parish Records

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England, Cheshire, Duckenfield
England, Cheshire, Duckinfield Hall
England, Lancashire, Duckinfield

England, Cheshire, Dukinfield – Cemeteries ( 1 )
The Monumental inscriptions of Dukinfield Old Chapel
Author: Beckett, James D. (James Deuchar), 1923-

England, Cheshire, Dukinfield – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Dukinfield, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Cheshire, Dukinfield – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
1851 census surname index, Newton & Dunkinfield Sub-Districts : Public Records Office ref. Ho 107/2236-2237
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society

England, Cheshire, Dukinfield – Church history ( 6 )
Congregationalism in Dukinfield, 1805-1905 : centenary memorial volume

Dukinfield Old Chapel Sunday School : Centenary souvenir, 1900

Historical account of Dukinfield chapel and its school
Author: Gordon, Alexander

Historical sketch of the Moravian church in Dunkinfield : with biographical notes of the ministers who have served the present chapel
Author: Titterington, Emma E.

Methodism in Dukinfield
Author: Rose, E. A. (Edward Alan)

Old Chapel and the Unitarian story
Author: Doel, David C. (David Charles), 1930-

England, Cheshire, Dukinfield – Church records ( 21 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Christ Church, Dukinfield, 1892
Author: Church of England. Christ Church (Dukinfield, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Bishop’s transcripts for St. John’s Chapel, Dukinfield, 1844-1854
Author: Church of England. St. John’s Chapel (Dukinfield, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Bishop’s transcripts for St. Mark’s Chapel, Dukinfield, 1846-1903
Author: Church of England. St. Mark’s Chapel (Dukinfield, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Burials, Moravian Chapel, Dukinfield, 1754-1840
Author: Hulme, Avril; Brooks, J.; Brooks, L.; Moravian Church (Dukinfield, Cheshire); Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society

Church records for Astley Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Dukinfield, 1919-1941
Author: Astley Street Chapel (Dukinfield, Cheshire : Primitive Methodist)

Church records for Bethesda, Wellington Street New Connexion Methodist Chapel, Dukinfield, 1840-1911
Author: Bethesda Wellington Street Chapel (Dukinfield, Cheshire : New Connexion Methodist)

Church records for Foundry Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Dukinfield, 1850-1958
Author: Foundry Street Chapel (Dukinfield, Cheshire : Primitive Methodist)

Church records for Park Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Dukinfield, 1855-1967
Author: Park Street Chapel (Dukinfield, Cheshire : Wesleyan Methodist)

Church records, 1670-1840
Author: Presbyterian Church (Dukinfield, Cheshire)

Church records, 1677-1985
Author: Old Chapel (Dukinfield, Cheshire : Presbyterian/Unitarian)

Church records, 1784-1839
Author: Moravian Chapel (Dukinfield, Cheshire)

Church records, 1785-1840
Author: Moravian Chapel (Fairfield, Lancashire)

Church records, 1806-1837
Author: Providence Chapel (Dukinfield, Cheshire : Independent)

Church records, 1812-1837
Author: Caroline Street Chapel (Staleybridge, England : Wesleyan)

Early marriages recorded at Dukinfield : Dukinfield chapel, Cheshire, marriages, 1677-1713
Author: Foster, Irene; Old Chapel (Dukinfield, Cheshire : Presbyterian/Unitarian)

Extracts from the registers of the non-conformist chapel, Dukinfield, kept by the Rev. Samuel Angier, 1677 to 1713
Author: Earwaker, J. P. (John Parsons), 1847-1895; Angier, Samuel, d. 1713

Old Chapel, Dukinfield, alphabetical surname list : registers of baptisms from September 6, 1762 to December 15, 1985, marriages from August 8th, 1837 to September 20, 1875, burials from September 5, 1762 to November 26, 1793.
Author: Brooks, J.; Brooks, J.; Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society; Old Chapel (Dukinfield, Cheshire : Unitarian)

Parish registers for St. John’s Chapel, Dukinfield, 1841-1955
Author: Church of England. St. John’s Chapel (Dukinfield, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for St. Mark’s Chapel in Dukinfield, 1846-1959
Author: Church of England. St. Mark’s Chapel (Dukinfield, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers of St. Luke’s Church, Dukinfield, 1889-1959
Author: Church of England. St. Luke’s Church (Dukinfield, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

A true copy of the ancient register of baptisms, marriages, and funerals of the Old Chapel, Dukinfield from August 12th 1677 to October 15th 1713
Author: Brooks, J.; Brooks, L.; Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society; Old Chapel (Dukinfield, Cheshire : Unitarian)

England, Cheshire, Dukinfield – Church records – Indexes ( 5 )
Computer printout of Dukinfield, Old Chapel Presbyterian, Chesh., Eng

Computer printout of Dukinfield, Providence Independent, Chesh., Eng

Computer printout of Dukinfield, United Brethren or Moravian, Chesh., Eng

Parish register printouts of Dukinfield, Cheshire, England (Moravian Church) ; christenings, 1784-1840
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Dukinfield, Cheshire, England (Presbyterian, Old Chapel) ; christenings
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Cheshire, Dukinfield – Civil registration ( 1 )
Birth registers, 1866-1900
Author: Dukinfield (Cheshire : Borough)

England, Cheshire, Dukinfield – Description and travel ( 1 )
Dukinfield in old photographs
Author: Wilkins-Jones, C. (Clive)

England, Cheshire, Dukinfield – Directories ( 1 )
Ashton & Dukinfield, 1907
Author: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey; Godfrey, Alan

England, Cheshire, Dukinfield – History ( 1 )
No mean city : a history of Dukinfield
Author: Pavasovic, Milan

England, Cheshire, Dukinfield – Maps ( 1 )
Ashton & Dukinfield, 1907
Author: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey; Godfrey, Alan

England, Cheshire, Dukinfield – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
England, Lancashire Staleybridge Township (Staley, Dukinfield, Millbrook, and Lancashire wards) general and poor rate books, 1828-1939
Author: Staleybridge Township (Cheshire); Manchester Archives Central Library

Poor rate books and militia lists, 1796-1860
Author: Dukinfield (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Dukinfield – Taxation ( 4 )
England, Cheshire, Dukinfield general, poor, police rate books, 1839-1939
Author: Dukinfield (Cheshire : Borough); Ashton-under-Lyne Poor Law Union (Lancashire); Greater Manchester County Record Office

England, Lancashire Staleybridge Township (Staley, Dukinfield, Millbrook, and Lancashire wards) general and poor rate books, 1828-1939
Author: Staleybridge Township (Cheshire); Manchester Archives Central Library

Land tax assessments for Dukenfield (or Duckenfield), 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Land tax assessments for Macclesfield hundred, 1784-1787, 1815-1819
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Dukinfield – Voting registers ( 3 )
Burgess rolls, 1898-1900
Author: Dukinfield (Cheshire : Borough)

England, Cheshire, Dukinfield voter’s rolls, 1895-1906, 1930
Author: Dukinfield (Cheshire : Borough); Greater Manchester County Record Office

England, Cheshire, Stalybridge voter’s rolls, 1857-1901
Author: Staleybridge Township (Cheshire); Greater Manchester Record Office

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Cheshire
  • Civil Registration District: Ashton under Lyne
  • Probate Court: Pre-1541 – Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory), Post-1540 – Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Pre-1541 – Lichfield and Coventry, Post-1540 – Chester
  • Rural Deanery: Macclesfield
  • Poor Law Union: Ashton Under Lyne
  • Hundred: Macclesfield
  • Province: York