Ministers
Altrincham 0161 928 2429
Sale 0161 973 5259
Circuit archivist for Altrincham
David Taylor 0161 941 1299
Methodist Archives
Held at John Rylands Library.
Mrs P Manning searched the registers for me.
St George's Church was a chapel of ease for St Mary's Church Bowdon until February 1861. It was extensively rebuilt in the 1860s. The phone number for the vicarage is 0161 928 1279 (Rev. Brian McConnell). All records for the period up to June 1951 are now held in the Cheshire Record Office, Duke St, Chester, CH1 1RL, 01244 602574. (Accession no. 2721, Class ref. p132).
e-mail address - ris@gateslib.demon.co.uk
Gateshead Libraries and Arts, Tel. +44 (0)191 477 3478 Fax. +44 (0)191 477
7454
Lancashire Record Office, Bow Lane, Preston PR1 2RE (Tel. 01772 254868)
Greater Manchester County Record Office , 56, Marshall Street, New Cross, Manchester M4 5FU (Tel. 0161 832 5284)
The address for the Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society is: Clayton House, 59, Piccadilly, Manchester M1 2AQ.
The address for the North Cheshire Family History Society is:- North Cheshire Family History Society, Membership Secretary, Mrs. P.A. Clarke, 63, Lyndhurst Avenue, Hazel Grove, Stockport, Cheshire 5K7 5LT.
Lancsashire Family History and Heraldry Society - World wide web home page address http://www.zensys.co.uk/home/page/karen/lfhhs.htm. Didn't work when I tried it!
Ormskirk and District Family History Society, 85 Wigan Road, Westhead, Lathom,
Lancs, L40 6HY,
Mrs Janes 01695 572669
Ormskirk and District Historical Society, Mrs Nanson 01695 574364
Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5HE. Phone 0171 412 7353. Open Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 4.45 p.m. Admission by pass only.
Ormskirk Library, telephone no. 01695 573448
Lancaster Library, telephone no. 01524 63266
Preston Library, telephone no. 01772 404000 (or 404010 direct to reference library)
Federation of Family History Societies, Benson Room, Birmingham and Midland Research Institute, Margaret St, Birmingham, B3 3BS.
Telephone 081 688 5171
Mrs H E Bayliss, 51 Chiltern Drive, Hale, WA15 9PN.