Ainsworth, Christ Church
1727-1894
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Total copies: 1
Early Registers 1727-1812; Baptism Registers 1813-1876; Marriage Registers 1813-1837, 1843-1894; Burial Registers 1813-1888; Ainsworth Entries in Other Parish Registers 1587-1788; Papers about Parish Boundaries 1867; Graveyard Plan 1890.
Records of Churchwardens of the Parish of Christ Church, Ainsworth : Records Relating to Pews.
Related Material:Archdeacon John Rushton's Visitation Returns for the church and school,1846 (MSf942.72.R121 volume 50), which also includes :- case and counsel's opinion about a claim for restitution of ancient glebe land in the hands of the Unitarians, postmarked 1846; printed plan of glebe land, ci 846 notes on glebe; architect's report on the Dilapidated Condition of Christ Church, Ainsworth, 1852; newspaper cutting on re-opening of the church and opening of new organ, c 853; 'Who is the Papist, the Parson or the Preacher', an offprint of a letter to the Bolton Chronicle, by Rev G Ridley Carr, no date; list of books in Dr Bray's Library, 1846; copy of draft trust deed for School, 1839; letters from John Taylor of Ainsworth Hall about rights to a pew, 1846; letters from Rev Richard Heslop of Slaley near Hexham, about his incumbency of Ainsworth, 1846; and notes on The clergy Membership card for the Church of England Men's Society, Christ Church, Ainsworth, Branch, 1919 (L23/9/1/7) Service Sheet for Sermons Sunday, 19 July 1931 (GB127.L21); Photographs of lych-gate under construction, c1963 (GB127.L23); Bill for candlesticks donated to the church, 1966 (GB127.L23)
The Local Studies Library also holds the following:
Bullock K.P., 'The Church of Christ in Cockey otherwise Ainsworth. A history' (Coop, Hunt, printer, Bolton 1970) 283.4272BU
K.P. Bullock, [1973] 'The story of Cockey Moor otherwise Ainsworth' 942.738AI
Place:/Ainsworth/Middleton/Lancashire/England
Title:
Ainsworth, Christ Church
Date of work:
1727-1894
Reference number:
GB127.L87
Level of description:
Fonds
Includes:
Custodial history:
Until 1867 Ainsworth, or Cockey Chapel, was a chapelry in the parish of Middleton. Cockey Chapel appears on Saxton's map of Lancashire, in 1577, as Cockley Chapel.
The old chapel was pulled down in 1831, and a new one consecrated on 30 June 1832, as 'the chapel of Christ in Cockey, otherwise Ainsworth'. This building was extensively restored and renovated in 1852-1853.
In 1867, by Order in Council, 17 May, (London Gazette, 21 May 1867) the township and chapelry of Ainsworth, otherwise Cockey, was taken from the parish of Middleton and assigned to Christ Church.
The parish boundaries with St Andrew's, Radcliffe, were altered by Order in Council, 12 February 1973, (London Gazette, 22 February 1973)
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
Topics:
Record types:
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Language:
English
Record number:
7182711