Original registers and copies deposited at Bury Archives
The following list covers both original registers deposited at Archives (marked 'Archives' and given a 3 letter reference code eg 'CWM') and the various microfilm copies, transcripts and indexes held in the local history section. It also notes when the registers of a church have been covered by the IGI and The National Archives references for deposited registers start with the letters RG.
Affetside, (Congregational)
- Monumental Inscriptions Index
Ainsworth, Cockey Moor (Presbyterian / Unitarian)
- Baptisms 1769 - 1776 MF (RG/2311)
- Baptisms 1776 - 1780 MF (RG4/2312)
- Baptisms 1785 - 1831 MF (RG4/1015)
- Baptisms (Rev Bealey's Book) 1780 - 1791 MF (RG4/1195)
- Baptisms 1831 - 1837 MF (RG4/1195)
- Baptisms 1769 - 1837 IGI
- Baptisms 1769 - 2005 Index
- Marriages 1841 - 2009 Index
- Burials 1787 - 1831 MF (RG4/1015)
- Burials 1780 - 1791 MF (RG4/1195)
- Burials 1717 - 1960 Index
- Monumental Inscriptions Index
Note: Rev. Bealey was minister of Ainsworth Unitarian Church 1781-1786 and 1791-1813
Bamford (Independent/United Reformed Church)
- Baptisms 1801 - 1836 MF (RG4/2429), IGI
- Baptisms 1801 - 1836 Index
- Burials 1826 - 1836 Index
Besses (Congregational)
- Marriages 1867 - 1899 Index
Besses (New Jerusalem)
- Marriages 1884 - 1994 Index
Besses o'th' Barn, Stonepale (Wesleyan Methodist)
- Baptisms 1829 - 1837 MF (RG4/2174), IGI
- Baptisms 1829 - 1839 Archives (CSP)
Bury, Bank St / Silver St (Presbyterian / Unitarian)
- Baptisms 1723 - 1837 MF (RG4/807), IGI
- Burials 1832 - 1837 MF (RG4/1023)
- Burials* 1839 - 1893 Archives (CBS), Index
- Burials 1839 - 1893 Trans / Index
- Notices 1889 - 1971 Archives (CBS)
- Marriages 1838 - 1913 Index
Note * Burials include those at Holebottom Burial Ground, Fairfield. See also Ramsbottom, Dundee Chapel
Bury, Chesham Baptist
- Marriages 1897 - 1953 Index
Bury, Bethel, Henry St (Independent / Congregational)
- Baptisms 1806 - 1815 MF (RG4/4472), IGI
- Baptisms 1815 - 1837 MF (RG4/806), IGI
- Baptisms 1806 - 1855 Archives (CBL), Index
- Baptisms 1876 - 1947 Index
- Burials 1818 - 1833 Archives (CBL), Index
- Graves 1807 - 1845 Archives (CBL)
- Marriages 1876 - 1924 Index
- Chapel Marriages 1848 - 1964 Index
Bury, Blackford Bridge (Congregational)
- Marriages 1882 - 1911 Index
Bury, Bolton Road (Fairy Street) (Wesleyan Methodist)
- Members 1883 - 1933 Archives (CFY)
Bury, Bolton St (Methodist New Connexion)
- Baptisms 1816 - 1837 MF (RG4/1028), IGI
Bury, Brunswick, North Street (United Methodist)
- Baptisms 1835 - 1962 Archives (CBK)
- Baptisms 1835 - 1882 Index
- Burials 1837 - 1959 Archives (CBK)
- Burials / Grave Books 1837 - 1959 Index
- Members 1883 - 1933 Archives (CBK)
- Marriages 1840 - 1963 Index
Bury, Castlecroft (Congregational)
- Baptisms 1841 - 1964 Archives (CCA)
- Baptisms 1841 - 1874 Index
- Marriages 1841 - 1899 Archives (CCA)
- Marriages 1842 - 1876 Index
- Burials 1841 - 1856 Archives (CCA)
- Burials 1841 - 1856 Index
- Members 1851 - 1964 Archives (CCA)
Bury, Christian Church, Rochdale Rd
- Marriages 1861 - 1971
Bury, Freetown Mission (Congregational / United Reformed Church)
- Communion 1909 - 1920 Archives (CFM)
Bury, Heywood St (United Methodist/New Connexion)
- Baptisms 1872 - 1966 Archives (CHW), Index
- Members 1868 - 1963 Archives (CHW)
- Marriages 1862 - 1905 Index
- Marriages 1905 - 1965 Index
Bury, St Joseph, Peter St (Roman Catholic)
- Baptisms 1861 - 1924 MF
- Marriages 1863 - 1934 MF
Bury, Knowsley St (Baptist)
- Marriages 1869 - 1897 Index
Bury, New Road (Independent / Congregational / United Reformed Church)
- Baptisms 1795 - 1814 MF (RG4/2431), IGI
- Baptisms 1814 - 1837 MF (RG4/1916), IGI
- Baptisms 1795 - 1837 Index
- Burials 1797 - 1893 Index
- Burials 1818 - 1823 MF (RG4 /1916)
- Baptisms 1876 - 1953 Archives (CNR)
- Marriages 1885 - 1894 Archives (CNR)
- Funerals 1797 - 1834 Archives (CNR)
- Funerals 1888 - 1893 Archives (CNR)
- Members 1793 - 1974 Archives (CNR)
Bury, Parkhills (Methodist)
- Marriages 1899 - 1965 Index
Bury, Pits o'th' Moor (Wesleyan Methodist)
- Baptisms 1935 - 1964 Archives (CPI)
- Marriages 1897 - 1910 Archives (CPI)
- Marriages 1898 - 1963 Index
Bury, Russell St (Wesleyan Methodist)
- Baptisms 1889 - 1953 Archives (CRS), Index and Photocopy of Register
Bury, Union St / Central (Wesleyan Methodist)
- Baptisms 1795 - 1868 Archives (CUS)
- Baptisms 1868 - 1991 Archives (CUS)
- Baptisms 1795 - 1816 MF (RG4/2432) IGI
- Baptisms 1816 - 1837 MF (RG4/808) IGI
- Baptisms 1795 - 1839 Archives (CUS) name index
- Baptisms 1795 - 1868 Index
- Marriages 1888 - 1986 Archives (CUS), Index
- Marriages 1851 - 1986 Index
- Burials 1816 - 1837 MF (RG4/809)
- Burials 1816 - 1864 Index
- Burials 1816 - 1964 Archives (CUS)
- Burials 1795 - 1853 Archives (CUS) card index
Bury, Walmerslay Rd (Primitive Methodist)
- Baptisms 1900 - 1974 Archives (CWP), Index
- Marriages 1868 - 1974 Index
Bury, Benson St (Welsh Chapel)
· Marriages 1882 - 1971 Index
Bury, William St (Primitive Methodist)
- Baptisms 1836 - 1837 MF (RG4/810), IGI
Bury, Union Workhouse (Rochdale Old Rd)
- Burials 1858 - 1946 Index
Bury, Wood St (Methodist)
- Marriages 1914 - 1987 Index
Bury, Woolfold (Methodist)
- Baptisms 1902 - 1942 Index
Elton, Wellington St (Primitive Methodist)
- Baptisms 1883 - 1955 Archives (CEL)
Elton, Wood St Mount Pleasant (Wesleyan Methodist)
- Baptisms 1870 - 1992 Archives (CMP)
- Marriages 1923 - 1972 Archives (CMP)
- Baptisms 1870 - 1992 Archives (CMP) index
Greenmount (Congregational / United Reformed Church)
- Baptisms 1865 - 1900 Index
- Marriages 1865 - 1890 Index
- Burials 1865 - 1986 Index
Hardshaw East (Quaker)
- Births 1649 - 1775 MF (RG6/1448/1575)
- Marriages 1649 - 1775 MF (RG6/1448/1575)
- Deaths 1649 - 1775 MF (RG6/1448/1575)
Hawkshaw Methodist Church
- Marriages 1894 - 2015 Photocopies of Registers
- Burials 1895 - 2004 Photocopies of Registers
Hawkshaw Lane (Wesleyan Methodist)
- Baptisms 1847 - 1984 Index
Hawkshaw Lane (United Methodist)
- Baptisms 1866 - 1931 Index
- Burials 1895 - 1979 Index
Heywood (Wesleyan Methodist)
- Baptisms 1808 - 1837 MF (RG4/1027)
- Baptisms 1847 - 2014 Photocopies of Registers
Heywood, Heap Bridge (United Methodist)
- Baptisms 1857 - 1969 Archives (CHB)
- Members 1905 - 1968 Archives (CHB)
Holcombe Brook (United Methodist)
- Baptisms 1875 - 1917 Archives (CHL)
New Road Independent Congregational
Marriages 1937 - 1976 Index
Outwood, New Jerusalem Church
- Baptisms 1808 - 1831 Index
Outwood, St Paul / Ringley Rd (Free Church of England)
- Marriages 1944 - 1986 Archives (CFO), Index
Radcliffe (Independent / Congregational / United Reformed Church)
- Baptisms 1849 - 1959 Archives (CRU)
- Baptisms 1849 - 1910 Index
- Marriages 1874 - 1965 Archives (CRU)
- Marriages 1859 - 1907 Index
- Funerals 1926 - 1959 Archives (CRU)
- Members 1849 - 1906 Archives (CRU)
- Communion 1934 - 1969 Archives (CRU)
Radcliffe, Ainsworth Rd (Water Lane / Smyrna Street) (United Methodist)
- Baptisms 1860 - 1963 Archives (CAR)
- Baptisms 1860 - 1892, 1908 - 1929 Index
- Marriages 1874 - 1963 Index
Radcliffe, Bolton Rd (Black Moss Mission) (United Methodist)
- Baptisms 1945 - 1961 Archives (CBM), Index
- Marriages 1908 - 1959 Index
Radcliffe, Bridge (Wesleyan Methodist)
- Baptisms 1816 - 1877 Archives (CRB), Index
- Members c.1895 - 1961 Archives (CRB) part indexed
- Baptisms 1816 - 1837 MF (RG4/2175), IGI
- Marriages 1870 - 1900 Index
Radcliffe, Bridgefield St (Independent Methodist)
- Marriages 1897 - 1983 Index
Radcliffe, Close Methodist Church
- Marriages 1883 - 1899 Index
- Baptisms 1803 - 1837 Index
Radcliffe, Full Gospel Tabernacle
- Marriages 1957 - 1970 Index
Radcliffe, St Paul (Black Lane) (Wesleyan Methodist)
- Baptisms 1882 - 1908 Archives (CPL), Index
- Marriages 1885 - 1975 Index
Radcliffe, Railway St (Methodist)
- Marriages 1887 - 1961 Index
Radcliffe, Trinity (Baptist)
- Marriages 1910 - 1975 Archives (CBT)
- Marriages 1885 - 1975 Index
Ramsbottom, Bolton St (Baptist)
- Marriages 1955 - 1970 Archives (CBR), Index & Photocopies of register
Ramsbottom, Dundee (Presbyterian / Congregational / United Reformed Church)
- Baptisms 1699 - 1730 MF (RG4/1621), IGI
- Baptisms 1802 - 1817 MF (RG4/1705), IGI
Note: From 1711 - 1730 the Dundee register includes baptismal entries from Bank Street / Silver Street Chapel, Bury. This united register was kept by the Rev. Edward Rothwell. After his death the register for both places was kept at Bank Street until 1801.
Ramsbottom, Market Place (Wesleyan Methodist) (later Christ Church Baptist / Methodist)
- Marriages 1938 - 1993 Archives (CRM)
Ramsbottom, Patmos (United Methodist)
- Baptisms 1870 - 1956 Archives (CPM), Index & Photocopies of originals
Ramsbottom, Stubbins (Independent / Congregational / United Reformed Church)
- Baptisms 1862 - 1986 Archives (CST), Index
- Marriages 1928 - 1947 Archives (CST)
- Burials / Graves 1868 - 1985 Archives (CST), Index
- Members 1862 - 1914 Archives (CST)
- Grave Receipt Books 1868 - 1959 Index
Ringley, Top o'th' Brow (New Jerusalem)
- Baptisms 1814 - 1829 RG4/4453), IGI
Stand (Presbyterian / Unitarian)
- Baptisms 1765 - 1837 MF (RG4/1147), IGI, Index
- Baptisms (Mr Bond's Book) 1765 - 1780 MF (RG4/2318)
- Burials 1815 - 1837 MF (RG4/3585)
- Marriages 1840 - 1900 Index
- Monumental Inscriptions Index
Note - Additional records for this Church are held by Manchester Archives and Libraries
Stand Primitive Methodist
- Marriages 1899 - 1958 Index
Stand Lane (Independent / Congregational / United Reformed Church)
- Baptisms 1792 - 1886 MF, Archives (CSI)
- Baptisms 1792 - 2011 Index
- Marriages 1901 - 1974 MF, Archives (CSI)
- Marriages 1838 - 2007 Index
- Burials 1792 - 1986 MF, Archives (CSI)
- Burials 1792 - 1997 Index
- Members 1817 - 1964 MF, Archives (CSI)
Stand Lane (New Jerusalem)
- Baptisms 1803 - 1837 MF (RG4/3955) IGI
- Baptisms 1803 - 2006 Index
- Marriages 1857 - 2003 Index
- Note - A few entries are from 1791 onwards.
- Burials 1815 - 1992 Index
Stubbins (See Ramsbottom)
Summerseat (Railway St) (Primitive Methodist) also included in Summerseat (Rowlands) Indexes
- Baptisms 1914 - 1956 Index and photocopy of register
Summerseat (Rowlands) (Wesleyan Methodist)
- Baptisms 1831 - 1837 MF (RG4/4455) IGI
- Baptisms 1831 - 2002 Index, Photocopy of register
- Marriages 1848 - 1911 Archives (CRL)
- Marriages 1848 - 1974 Index
- Burials 1831 - 2003 Index
Tottington, Four Lane Ends (Congregational)
- Monumental Inscriptions Index
Tottington (Wesleyan Methodist)
- Baptisms 1829 - 1837 MF (RG4/4454) IGI
- Burials 1830 - 1837 MF (RG4/4462)
- Burials 1830 - 1966 Photocopy
- (D 55.1 WES Basement)
- Burials 1830 - 1966 Index
Tottington, ST JOHN (Free Church of England)
- Baptisms 1866 - 1987 Index & Fiche Index
- Marriages 1890 - 1986 Index & Fiche Index
- Burials 1868 - 2002 Index
Unsworth North (Wesleyan Methodist)
- Baptisms 1847 - 1947 Archives (CUN)
- Marriages 1849 - 1900 Index
- Monumental Inscriptions Index
Unsworth, Parr Lane (Methodist)
- Marriages 1900 - 1945 Index
Unsworth South (Wesleyan Methodist)
- Baptisms 1810 - 1937 MF (RG4/3129) IGI
- Grave Book 20 graves numbered but MF (RG4/3129) few names given
- Marriages 1949 - 1959 Index
Walmersley, Park (Independent / Congregational / United Reformed Church - Sometimes referred to as Park Chapel, Ramsbottom)
- Baptisms 1803 - 1837 MF (RG4/4032) IGI
- Baptisms 1809 - 1867, 1897 - 1927 Index
- Marriages 1898 - 1927 Index
- Burials 1898 - 1927 Index
- Members 1893 - 1913 Index
- Baptisms 1809 - 1864 Archives (CPA)
- Baptisms 1897 - 1951 Archives (CPA)
- Marriages 1898 - 1951 Archives (CPA)
- Burials 1898 - 1951 Archives (CPA)
- Members 1816 - 1992 Archives (CPA)
Walshaw Lane (Wesleyan Methodist)
- Baptisms 1864 - 1964 Archives (CWL)
Walshaw (Mission Chapel)
- Baptisms 1896 - 1970 Archives (CWM)
Warth, Zion (Wesleyan Methodist)
- Baptisms 1870 - 1971 Archives (CWR), Index
- Marriages 1893 - 1968 Index
Whitefield, Elm Street
- Marriages 1889 - 1918 Index
Whitefield, Kingdom Hall
- Marriages 1984 - 2001 Index
Whitefield, Stonepale (See BESSES O'TH' BARN)
Woolfold (Wesleyan Methodist)
- Baptisms 1846 - 1947 Archives (CWF), Index
- Marriages 1889 - 1969 Index