Ashworth, Lancashire Family History Guide

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Ashworth is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1735 from a chapelry in Middleton Ancient Parish.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1843
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ASHWORTH, a township-chapelry in Middleton parish, Lancashire; on an affluent of the river Roch, 3 miles NE by E of Bury r. station. Post Town, Rochdale. Acres, 1,022. Real property, £2,143. Pop., 233. Houses, 45. The property is all held by one proprietor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £119. Patron, Lord Egerton. The church is good.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Lancashire, Ashworth – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Gravestone inscriptions of Ashworth Church, near Rochdale, 1784-1931
Author: Woodhead, Mrs.

Tombstone inscriptions in Ashworth Methodist Chapel, Ashworth, Lancashire, England

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

England, Lancashire, Ashworth – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Ashworth, 1813-1869
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Ashworth (Lancashire)

England, Lancashire, Ashworth, St. James, parish registers, 1813-1913
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Ashworth (Lancashire); Manchester Archives Central Library

Parish registers, St. James’ Church, Ashworth (Lancashire), 1813-1958
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Ashworth (Lancashire)

England, Lancashire, Ashworth – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Ashworth, Middleton, Bishop’s transcripts marriage index, 1824-40, Lancashire
Author: Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society

Computer printout of Ashworth, Lancs., Eng

Parish register printouts of St. James Church (Ashworth,Lancashire, England): christenings, 1813-1843
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Lancashire Historical Directories

Administration

  • County: Lancashire
  • Civil Registration District: Bury
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Manchester
  • Rural Deanery: Bury
  • Poor Law Union: Bury
  • Hundred: Salford
  • Province: York