Flixton, St. Michael
1570-1993
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Records of the Incumbent including: early registers 1570-1812; baptism registers 1813-1990; marriage registers 1754-1993; burial registers 1813-1873; draft or copy registers 1811-1886; banns book 1825-1991; confimration registers 1942-1972; graveyard plan c1906; terrier and inventory 1778; sale of glebe to Cheshire Lines Committee 1869; grant of Living to Flixton and Urmston Tithes 1863; certificates of redemption of tithe rent charges, Flixton 1879-1937, Urmston 1895-1937, Tyldesley 1930; tithe apportionment and plan, Urmston 1842-1847; parish magazines 1866-1892 (incomplete); history c1968.
Records of the Churchwardens including: extracts from early accounts 1717-1765; faculties 1756-1807; pews 1755-1842; report on condition of Church tower 1863; Church restoration 1877; plans for proposed extension 1897.
Vestry minutes 1823-1863; choir manuscript music books late 18th century- early nineteenth century. Flixton Sunday School Company for the Relief of the Sick minutes 1821-1833, accounts 1821-1864, bill 1851. Day School deed 1672, bequest by Peter Warburton de Brook 1769, accounts 1824-1867, financial contributions by the Ecclesiastical Commission 1863-1864. Agreement to prosecute felons 1767.
Related Material:Confirmation registers, registers of services, grave registers, sale of Glebe to Manchester Ship Canal Co., churchwardens account book and records of the Parochial Church Council are not deposited
The Archives Department also has acquittances by the prebendary of Flixton for the fruits of the church, 1369/70 (L1/19/1/1,2), Archdeacon John Rushton' s Visitation Returns, 26 Sept. 1846 (MSf 942.72 R121 vol.22), Manuscript History of Flixton by Dr E Bosdin Leach (MSf 942.72 F60, 2 vols.) which also includes programme for laying the foundation stone of Urmston Church School, 19 June 1858, programmes for concerts in aid of the new school, 1858-1859, Urmston Village Library Catalogue, 1860, ticket for re-opening of Flixton church, 25 April 1877, programmes for Flixton Parish Church Bazaars, 1881, service sheet for dedication of Bells, 28 April 1889, programme for Conversazione of Urmston and Flixton Literary and Scientific Society, 1882 and circular about ending of Drill Hall Evening Service, 1878; also tithe payments, 1788-1809, and pew rents, 1795 and 1798 (MS 254 Ul).
Place:/Flixton/Lancashire/England
Title:
Flixton, St. Michael
Date of work:
1570-1993
Reference number:
GB127.L141
Level of description:
Fonds
Includes:
Custodial history:
A church existed at Flixton in the 12th century when it was granted to Burscough Priory. From the 13th to the 19th centuries it belonged to a prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral. The tithes of the parish were transferred from Lichfield in 1863 and the benefice declared a rectory in 1866 (London Gazette 3 April).
The eighteenth century saw the rebuilding of the church, with further restoration and extension in the nineteenth century. The parish originally included the townships of Flixton and Urmston, but in 1868 Urmston was assigned to the new church of St Clement's, by Order in Council, 28 March, (London Gazette, 31 March 1868).
Some of the parish was transferred to St Mary's, Davyhulme in 1885, by Order in Council, 27 January, (London Gazette, 30 January), and some to St Mary's, Cadishead, by Order in Council, 8 April 1925, (London Gazette, 14 April). The boundaries with St John the Baptist, Irlam, were altered by Order in Council, 20 December 1967, (London Gazette, 21 December).
Source:
These records were deposited in the Library as Diocesan Record Office in July 1984.
Access restrictions:
UnrestrictedManchester Archives and Local Studies hold the following parish registers on microfilm: baptisms 1571-1812 (MFPR 838), 1813-1845 (MFPR 839), marriages 1570-1754 (MFPR 838), 1754-1837 (MFPR 839), burials 1570-1812 (MFPR 838), 1813-1839 (MFPR 839).
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
General notes:
Old Accession Number: 2004/29 2014/49
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Record types:
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Language:
English
Record number:
7183699
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