St Peter's, Cobridge

[msr]

Just received marriage cert for gt's x 3.    1849,  Roman Catholic Chapel of St Peter, Cobridge.

Does anyone have info/pictures of St Peter's?

Be much obliged for anything, it's not essential of course - but would be interesting to know the place.

The happy couple were from Burslem, is that near or did they travel a bit?

Susan

[CaroleW]

If you Google St Peters Roman Catholic Church Cobridge - this is one of the links.  Scroll down for pictures

http://www.thepotteries.org/walks/cobridge/6.htm

[msr]

Thanks Carole

I found that one earlier, looks a bit depressing.  Was hoping for prettier pictures I suppose. 

I'll keep trying.

Susan

[anglokiwi]

i see that this church was sold to the muslim community around 2013.  does anyone know where the church records are now stored?  i am looking for more information from the register.  i have the marriage certificate - ann tansey and charles gatty.  thankyou

[Zen rabbit]

Church records will be on fiche in Hanley library and at Stafford Archives and probably Lichfield Archives which also hold the Bishop's transcipts and wills.
They do seem to have picked the worse aspects of the church to photograph. There is a second church very close by but I don't know if that is the catholic church or CofE. Cobridge is roughly equal distance between Burslem and Hanley and in 1849 was where the pottery owners tended to live. Even today the grandness of the houses is evident, even though quite dilapidated.

[anglokiwi]

thankyou for the reply zen rabbit.  i live in new zealand so access in person to some archives is a tad difficult!  most of the records you mention on those sites have been transferred to FINDMYPAST which is not showing anything for me. they are also mostly anglican records too.  i have found that the records from the church are held at the BIRMINGHAM DIOCESAN ARCHIVES.  i found they have these registers.  is anyone out there who is in a position to go there for me?  i can give more details if so.  much appreciated.  thankyou in anticipation.
Reference Number: P265/2/2 , Hierarchical Number: P265/2/2
Level:   Item
Date:   1867-1929
Title:   Register of Confirmations, Marriages and Deaths, 1867-1929
Description:   Register of Confirmations, 27 September 1868 - 16 December 1917, of Marriages, 26 February 1867 - 17 September 1929, of Deaths, 8 January 1867 - 4 November 1877, 25 February 1908 - 23 November 1922, October 1925
Extent:   1 volume
Parish:   Stoke-on-Trent, Cobridge, St Peter

Reference Number: P265/3 , Hierarchical Number: P265/3
Level:   Series
Date:   1838-2004
Title:   Registers of Marriages
Extent:   2 volumes
Parish:   Stoke-on-Trent, Cobridge, St Peter

[hepburn]

A snippet from the local paper.

"St Peter's, on Waterloo Road, Cobridge, dates back to the 1930s and there has been a Christian church on the site since the late eighteenth century."

Looks like your ancestors were married in an early St Peters..

[anglokiwi]

thankyou hepburn.  of course i don't know the area but everything says the church closed a few years ago and is now a muslim place of worship?

[hepburn]

Ive looked for  photos of the earlier church but no luck