Catholic Churches Salford Circa 1850s

[skb]

When you are in multimap, if you click on "aerial" on the line above the map, it gives you an aerial photograph of the area.

Whoever named it GREENgate must have had a very vivid imagination!

[Marmitch]

Yes, they have some STRANGEWAYS these town planners. 

[solitaire]

Hi there.  I think St Peter's With St John's that was actually in Greengate would be the most local one for Greengate.  That was also RC.  I know this as one of my children was baptised there in the 1970s.

Regards

Mary

[Mobo]

 

skb

In answer to your comment re. Greengate, it was in fact, just that.  It was a lush 'green' area beyond the town Cross and was the road or 'gateway' to Broughton, Kersal & Cheetham.  Although difficult to imagine now, Salford was just like any other rural English town, before the Industrial Revolution totally decimated it.   

Here is a print of the Bull's Head Inn circa 1700
And another of the Town Cross where the weekly market was held.

   

[Mobo]

 

Hi Marmitch

If your Margaret Jane was born around 1850, she was probably baptised in St John The Evangelist (later the Cathedral - on Chapel St), as this was founded in 1844, whereas St Peter's in Greengate wasn't founded until 1863. 

Anyone going to Manchester Central library could check the Parish Records there for her birth. Try posting a request.

 
 

[Mobo]

 

Marmitch,

Here is a map of Chapel Street, Salford, in 1794.
The area just to the left and above Salford Trinity Church, is Greengate.   As you can see, this part of Salford is beginning to become built up, but there are still many open fields around.

At the time, my ancestors were Grocers & Tea Dealers with premises on Chapel Street and Brown Street, and as the Duke of Bridgewater was selling off his land, they, like many others, were happy to buy it from him.  You can just make out a parcel in the name of Mr Williamson on the other side of Chapel Street.

[Marmitch]

Hi, thanks for all your replies. I am making a note of all the info I have been given and will try to act on it soon. I am in the process of moving house from Bracknell in Berkshire(back to Bury nr Manchester, in fact), and we are at a tricky stage (buyers not being able to find deposits in order to exchange, which should have happened last Friday. .... AGHHHHHHH). Anyway am trying to take my mind off it with these ancestral searches, but am unable to commit time to doing the indepth research. Will keep you informed of any progress on the ancestral front, and hopefully when I move I can be of service to anyone out there who needs local knowledge and research done.
Many thanks once again MM

[Mobo]

 

Ooohhh ! Marmitch !!  What a horrible time buying & selling - who needs the stress ??

Here's wishing all goes well with the deposit etc.,