Radcliffe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Lancashire.
Other places in the parish include: Starling.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1761
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, Presbyterian, Swedenborgian/New Jerusalem/New Church, Unitarian, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
RADCLIFFE, a small town, a parish, and a sub-district, in Bury district, Lancashire. The town stands on the river Irwell, near the influx of the Roach, and on the Manchester and Bury railway, adjacent to the Bolton and Bury canal, 2½ miles SSW of Bury.
It took its name from a red cliff on the opposite side of the Irwell; consists of two parts, called Radcliffe and Radcliffe-Bridge, about ½ a mile as under; carries on bleaching, paper-making, cotton-spinning, calico-printing, gingham, fustian, nankeen, and check-weaving, machine-making, iron-founding, and small-ware manufacture; has several collieries; and has a post-office under Manchester, a railway station of Radcliffe-Bridge, with telegraph, a good inn, a police station, a market house built in 1851 at a cost of £1,500, a bridge over the Irwell, two churches, three dissenting chapels, four national schools, an agricultural show on 28 Sept., races about the middle of Aug., a fair on 29 Sept., and charities £9.
The parish church is ancient, of various dates; has a low massive tower; and includes a chapel restored in 1845, and a N transept added in 1846. St. Thomas’ church, at Radcliffe-Bridge, was built in 1819, at a cost of £5,000; was rebuilt in 1865, at a cost of £7,274; is in the perpendicular English style; and contains 1,200 sittings.
The parish contains also part of Starling village, and comprises 2,466 acres. Real property, £35,800; of which £8,940 are in mines, and £1,439 in gas-works. Pop. in 1851, 6,293; in 1861, 8,838. Houses, 1,726.
The manor belongs to the Earl of Wilton. R. Tower, now a ruin, was formerly a great manorial mansion.
The living is a rectory, and that of St. Thomas is a p. curacy, in the diocese of Manchester. Value of the former, £500; of the latter, £300. Patron of both, the Earl of Wilton.
The sub-district excludes two small portions of the parish, but includes portions of three other parishes. Pop., 8,972. Houses, 1,754.
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, Lancashire, Radcliffe-Bridge
England, Lancashire, Stand Lane
England, Lancashire, Radcliffe – Cemeteries ( 6 )
Monumental inscriptions, Radcliffe, Lancashire, England, 1800-1950
Monumental inscriptions, St. Thomas, Radcliffe, Lancashire, 1850-1910 : including the churchyard schedule of graves and name index
Schedule of inscriptions at St. John’s graveyard, Radcliffe, 1880-1960
Author: Bray, Mandy
St. Andrew’s church, Radcliffe, monumental inscriptions
Author: Cunningham, Sylvia; Church of England. St. Andrew’s Church (Radcliffe, Lancashire)
St. John’s church, Radcliffe, monumental inscriptions
Author: Church of England. St. John’s Church (Radcliffe, Lancashire)
St. Thomas’s Church, Radcliffe, schedule of graves [monumental inscriptions], 1802-1971
Author: Church of England. St. Thomas’ Church (Radcliffe, Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Radcliffe – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Radcliffe, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Lancashire, Radcliffe – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 2 )
1851 census surname index of Lancashire, vol. 29 : registration district, Bury, sub-district, Radcliffe and Pilkington, Public Record Office Ref H0107/2216
1851 census surname index of Lancashire–Radcliffe and Pilkington sub-district : Public Record Office ref. HO/107/2216
Author: Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society
England, Lancashire, Radcliffe – Church history ( 5 )
Centenary Souvenir of the Radcliffe Bridge Westleyan Methodist Church and Sunday School
Historical notes on Radcliffe
Author: Hayhurst, Thomas H.
Radcliffe parish church
Author: Swinburne, S.
Radcliffe United Reformed Church : a history, 1848-1980
S. John’s Church, Stand Lane : official handbook and guide of the Bazaar
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stand Lane (Radcliffe, Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Radcliffe – Church records ( 22 )
Bishop’s transcripts for St. Mary’s Church, Radcliffe, 1604-1878
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Radcliffe, Lancashire); Church of England. St. Thomas’ Church (Radcliffe, Lancashire)
Blackburn parish church extracts
Author: Bibby, James
Christenings, St. Thomas Parish, Radcliffe, Lancashire, England, Dec. 1819-Sept. 1827
Author: Church of England. St. Thomas’ Church (Radcliffe, Lancashire); Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959
Church records for the Wesleyan chapel at Radcliffe-Bridge, 1816-1837
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Radcliffe-Bridge, Lancashire)
Church records for the Wesleyan chapel at Radcliffe-Bridge, 1816-1837, 1816-1837
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Radcliffe-Bridge, Lancashire)
Church records, 1792-1959
Author: Stand Lane Chapel (Radcliffe, Lancashire : Independent)
Church records, 1803-1837
Author: Radcliffe Close Chapel (Radcliffe, Lancashire : Wesleyan)
Church records, 1803-1837
Author: Radcliffe Close Chapel (Radcliffe, Lancashire : Wesleyan)
Parish register transcripts, Radcliffe, Lancashire, England
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Radcliffe, Lancashire); Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959
Parish registers for St. Andrew’s Church, Radcliffe, 1877-1950
Author: Church of England. St. Andrew’s Church (Radcliffe, Lancashire); Manchester Archives Central Library
Parish registers for St. John’s, Radcliffe, 1866-1979
Author: Church of England. St. John’s Church (Radcliffe, Lancashire); St. Thomas Vicarage; Manchester Archives Central Library
Parish registers for St. Mary’s Church, Radcliffe, 1557-1950
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Radcliffe, Lancashire); Manchester Archives Central Library; Manchester Public Libraries (Manchester, England)
Parish registers for St. Thomas’ Church, Radcliffe, 1813-1964
Author: Church of England. St. Thomas’ Church (Radcliffe, Lancashire); St. Thomas Vicarage; Manchester Archives Central Library
Parish registers for St. Thomas’ Church, Radcliffe, 1819-1859
Author: Church of England. St. Thomas’ Church (Radcliffe, Lancashire)
Radcliffe parish church marriages, 1762-1837
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Radcliffe, Lancashire)
Record of members, 1840-1912
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Heywood Branch (Lancashire); Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Rawtenstall Branch (Lancashire); Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Burnley Branch (Lancashire); Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Radcliffe Branch (Lancashire)
Record of members, 1847-1909
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Radcliffe Branch (Lancashire); Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Heywood Branch (Lancashire)
Record of members, 1876-1931
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Manchester District (Lancashire)
The registers of the parish church of Radcliffe
Author: Clayton, James; Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Radcliffe, Lancashire)
The registers of the Parish Church of Radcliffe : baptisms- burials 1557-1783, marriages 1560- 1761
Author: Clayton, James
Smyrna Street Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Ainsworth Road, Radcliffe, baptisms : book 1, 14th September 1860 to 18th October 1892; book 2, 22nd August 1908 to 19th August 1929
Author: Smyrna Street Methodist New Connexion Chapel (Radcliffe); Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society
St. Thomas’s Church, Radcliffe, schedule of graves [monumental inscriptions], 1802-1971
Author: Church of England. St. Thomas’ Church (Radcliffe, Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Radcliffe – Church records – Indexes ( 7 )
Computer printout of Radcliffe, Radcliffe Close Wesleyan Methodist, Lancs., Eng
Computer printout of Radcliffe, St. Mary, Lancashire, England
Computer printout of Radcliffe, St. Thomas, Lancs., Eng
Parish register printouts of Radcliffe, Lancashire, England (Wesleyan Methodist Church, Radcliffe Close Chapel) ; christenings, 1803-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Radcliffe, Lancashire, England, (Saint Thomas), christenings, 1819-1859
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Radcliffe-Bridge, Lancashire, England (Wesleyan Methodist Church) ; christenings, 1816-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
St. Mary’s Church, Radcliffe, marriages, 1810-1837
Author: Matthews, P.; Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Radcliffe, Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Radcliffe – History ( 3 )
Historical memoranda relating to Bury and district : collected from the various county mss. and publications
Author: Hayhurst, Thomas H.
History of Radcliffe
Author: Nicholls, W.
Notes of lecture on “new light on old Radcliffe”
Author: Hayhurst, Thomas H.
England, Lancashire, Radcliffe – Maps ( 2 )
Business street map of Radcliffe
Outline street map of Radcliffe
England, Lancashire, Radcliffe – Social life and customs ( 1 )
History of Radcliffe
Author: Nicholls, W.
England, Lancashire, Radcliffe – Societies ( 1 )
1887-1908 coming of age souvenir
Author: Literary and Scientific Society (Radciffe, England)
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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: Bury
- Hundred: Salford
- Province: York