William Clegg, Woodley and Newton

[dylan]

Please,  if anyone has   the 1851  census   for Woodley     or Newton  in Lancashire have a look for   William Clegg        born  c 1822 He is  given as  born being born in  Woodley  on the 1861 census , he  had a  son   born 1852  in  Newton, I would like  find  anyone else   was with them ,
Thanks for any help
DYLAN

[wozzle]

there is a william clegg born 1818 in manchester with wife hannah and various children living in newton in 1851
if you think this is him and want the full census entry then i will post it.
HO107/2231/327/32.

[dylan]

Many thanks   for your kind offer  I would like to see    the Newton 1851 list if your would  send.
Regards
Dylan

[Gatacre]

It was interesting to see Woodley as my grandfather used to write to an address in that location in the early 1900s. When I tried to access info I was told that I would need to contact the Cheshire Record Office.

I do not know if there are two places named Woodley

Gatacre

[dylan]

Hello Gatacre
This is  one of the problems I have been having with my Cleggs, I believe the boundery changed  at some   point to Cheshire.

Dylan

[Gatacre]

Dylan,

I have asked the local studies in Manchester if Woodley was ever in Lancashire as I am interested in whether it changed with the new county boundaries..  I have been informed that it will take some days for a reply.

Interestingly. I am both a Clegg by marriage and descent  but mine came from Rochdale

Norah

[Gatacre]

Dylan

I have just received the following from Manchester Local Studies.  Hope it clarifies the situatio re. the Woodley location.

Woodley is historically part of the county of Cheshire. It was part of the parish of Stockport and the township of Bredbury (See http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/bredbury.html)

In 1974 it became part of the newly formed County Borough of Stockport.

Most records relating to this area will be held at Stockport Archives (at Stockport Central Library) or Cheshire Record Office.

We hold some methodist church records for Woodley (it is part of the Manchester Methodist District). A list of what we hold can be found at http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=448&documentID=464
This is interesting

Norah

[dylan]

Thank you Norah for telling me this,I  know little of the area my husbands Cleggs started from, they are on the 1861  census  with Woodley being  in Lancashire ,so will see    what I can find in Cheshire.

Regards
Dylan

[wozzle]

1851 HO107/2231/327/32.
william clegg age 33. b. manchester. occ. agr.lab. head.
hannah clegg age 34. b. salford. wife.
thomas clegg age 13. b. bury. son.
ellen clegg age 5. b. eccles. daughter.
mary anne clegg age 4. b. manchester. daughter.
william clegg age 3. b. manchester. son.
samuel clegg age 7mnths. b. newton. son.
living at (looks like)henmount square,newton,lancs.
reg.dist. manchester.