Hyde, Cheshire Family History Guide

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

Other places in the parish include: Gee Cross.

Alternative names: Hyde St Thomas

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1847
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1851

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, Presbyterian Unitarian, Primitive Methodist, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HYDE, a town, a township, two chapelries and a subdistrict, in Stockport parish and district, Cheshire.

The town stands on the river Tame, the Peak Forest canal, and the Manchester and New Mills railway, 7 miles ESE of Manchester. It originated about the beginning of the present century: took its rise from the cotton manufacture; and has grown to importance under the progress of that manufacture, aided by the results of industry in other departments. It stands upon a coal field; enjoys ample facilities of communication, by canal and by railway; has been the scene of much industrial enterprise and skill; and is well built, well paved, and abundantly supplied with water.

Its factories for weaving, spinning and calico printing are on a great scale; and it has extensive engineering works, and several foundries. A railway station of its own name is at it; another, of the name of Newton, is about ¼ of a mile to the E; a third, called Hyde-Junction, is ¾ of a mile to the NNW; and a fourth, called Godley Junction, on the new route from Liverpool to London opened in 1866, is ½ a mile to the E. A weekly market is held on Saturday; and fairs are held on 16 May and 15 Nov.

The town is governed by a local board; is a seat of petty sessions and county courts; publishes a weekly newspaper; and has a post office under Manchester, a court house, a police station, a mechanics’ institution, a temperance hall, two churches, two Independent chapels, three Methodist chapels of different denominations, a Unitarian chapel, two national schools, and schools connected with factories and with places of worship. The mechanics’ institution is a handsome edifice of red brick, with white stone dressings; and contains a large assembly room, a library and reading room, and class rooms.

St. George’s church was built in 1832; consists of nave, aisles, and large terminal bay, with lofty pinnacled tower; and contains 1,600 sittings.

St. Thomas’ church was originally a working men’s institute, erected in 1838; and is used only till a more suitable church can be built.

The Unitarian chapel stands at Gee Cross; displaced a chapel of 1708 which, for upwards of a century, had been the only place of worship in the township; is in the early English and decorated styles; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and spire 145 feet high.

The town is regarded, statistically, as conterminate with the township; but, in that view, it includes part of the hamlet of Gee Cross.

The chapelries are St. George, constituted in 1842, and St. Thomas, constituted in 1849. Pop. in 1861, of St. G., 8,287; of St. T., 5,435. Houses, 1,625 and 990. The livings are p. curacies in the diocese of Chester. Value of St. G., £300; of St. T., £130. Patron, of St. G., the Rector of Stockport; of St. T., alternately the Crown and the Bishop.

The township comprises 889 acres. Real property, £42,586; of which £800 are in gas works, and £950 in mines. Pop. in 1811, 1,806; in 1841, 10,170; in 1861, 13,722. Houses, 2,615.

The manor belongs to Edward Hyde Clarke, Esq. Hyde Hall belonged to the family of Hyde, one of whom was the great Lord Clarendon; but it has been entirely demolished. The Lumn is an ancient residence, and belongs to John Sheply, Esq.

The sub-district contains also two other townships of Stockport parish. Acres, 4,970. Pop. 20,594. Houses, 4,028.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cheshire, Hyde – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Hyde, Cheshire, England Cemetery records and death notices
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. British Mission

Hyde, Gee Cross Unitarian, burials, 4 Jan. 1786 to 14 Apr. 1877
Author: North Cheshire Family History Society; Gee Cross Unitarian Church (Hyde)

Monumental inscriptions of St. Thomas, Hyde
Author: Hulme, Avril; Simpson, J.

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

England, Cheshire, Hyde – Census – 1891 – Indexes ( 1 )
1891 census surname & location index, Stockport registration district, Cheshire, U. K. : includes sub districts of Marple, Hyde, Heaton Norris, Cheadle & Hazel Grove
Author: North Cheshire Family History Society

England, Cheshire, Hyde – Church history ( 2 )
A history of Hyde Chapel : chiefly from the materials and reminiscences of John Thornley
Author: Middleton, Thomas

Union Street Congregational Church, Hyde : centenary memorial volume, 1814-1914
Author: Theobald, Bernard G.

England, Cheshire, Hyde – Church records ( 14 )
Bishop’s transcripts for St. Thomas’ Church, Hyde, 1851-1871
Author: Church of England. St. Thomas’ Church (Hyde, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the Hyde Society of Friends preparative meetings, 1883-1890
Author: Society of Friends. Hyde Preparative Meeting (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Church records, 1710-1838
Author: Hyde Chapel (Cheshire : Presbyterian)

Church records, 1714-1848
Author: Gee Cross Unitarian Church (Hyde)

Church records, 1822-1837
Author: Hyde Lane Chapel (Cheshire : Independent)

Church records, 1823-1837
Author: New Street Chapel (Hyde, Cheshire : Methodist)

Church records, 1856-1957
Author: Catholic Church. St. Paul’s (Hyde, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

History of Hyde, St. George’s Church and schools : with an account of the early ecclesiastical history of, and the establishment of the Church of England in, the township of Hyde
Author: Middleton, Thomas

Hyde, Gee Cross Unitarian, burials, 4 Jan. 1786 to 14 Apr. 1877
Author: North Cheshire Family History Society; Gee Cross Unitarian Church (Hyde)

Hyde, St. Thomas, burials
Author: Church of England. St. Thomas’ Church (Hyde, Cheshire); North Cheshire Family History Society; Rhodes, John E.

Parish registers for Chapelry of St. George, Hyde, 1892-1909
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of St. George (Hyde, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for St. George’s Church, Hyde, 1832-1972
Author: Church of England. St. George’s Church (Hyde, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for St. Thomas, Hyde, 1847-1924
Author: Church of England. St. Thomas’ Church (Hyde, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Record of members, ca. 1840-1947
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Hyde Branch (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Hyde – Church records – Indexes ( 6 )
Computer printout of Hyde, Gee Cross Uniterian or Presbyterian, Chesh., Eng

Computer printout of Hyde, Hyde Lane Independent, Chesh., Eng

Computer printout of Hyde, New Street Wesleyan Methodist, Chesh., Eng

Parish register printouts of Hyde, Cheshire, England (Independent, Hyde Lane Chapel) ; christenings, 1822-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Hyde, Cheshire, England (Wesleyan, New Street Chapel) ; christenings, 1820-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Hyde, Cheshire, England, (Gee Cross, Unitarian), christenings, 1710-1844
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department; Gee Cross Unitarian Church (Hyde)

England, Cheshire, Hyde – Directories ( 1 )
Hyde & district directory

England, Cheshire, Hyde – History ( 3 )
The Ashton munitions explosion 1917
Author: Billings, John, 1958-; Copland, David, 1943-1987; Tameside Leisure Services

The history of Hyde and its neighbourhood : with reminiscences of, and notes on the antiquities, traditions, folk-lo re, and history of Denton, Haughton, Dukinfield, Longdendale, Bredbury, Marple, and adjoining townships
Author: Middleton, Thomas

Looking back at Hyde
Author: Lock, Alice

England, Cheshire, Hyde – Maps ( 1 )
Hyde, 1897
Author: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey; Godfrey, Alan

England, Cheshire, Hyde – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Overseers accounts and rate books, highway rate books, and surveyors of of the highway rate books, 1768-1854
Author: Hyde (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Hyde – Social life and customs ( 1 )
The history of Hyde and its neighbourhood : with reminiscences of, and notes on the antiquities, traditions, folk-lo re, and history of Denton, Haughton, Dukinfield, Longdendale, Bredbury, Marple, and adjoining townships
Author: Middleton, Thomas

England, Cheshire, Hyde – Taxation ( 5 )
England, Cheshire, Hyde rate books, 1820-1938
Author: Hyde (Cheshire). Borough Council; Greater Manchester County Record Office

Land tax assessments for Hyde, 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

Overseers accounts and rate books, highway rate books, and surveyors of of the highway rate books, 1768-1854
Author: Hyde (Cheshire)

Voluntary rate book, ca. 1880
Author: Hyde (Cheshire). Borough Council

England, Cheshire, Hyde – Voting registers ( 3 )
Burgess rolls, 1882-1900
Author: Hyde (Cheshire : Borough)

England, Cheshire, Hyde, voter’s rolls, 1881-1913
Author: Hyde (Cheshire : Borough); Greater Manchester Record Office

England, Lancashire, Hyde register of electors and list of occupiers, 1913-1934
Author: Hyde (Cheshire : Borough); Lancashire Records Office (Preston, England)

Maps

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Administration

  • County: Cheshire
  • Civil Registration District: Stockport
  • 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: Stockport
  • Hundred: Macclesfield
  • Province: York