Hi Barbara, There isn't a parish church of Tonge Moor as such. St. Augustine's, Thicketford Road would be the likeliest contender. In 1905 the Vicar was the Revd. Arthur W Meggison. Valerie -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Pritchard [mailto:bepritchard@xtra.co.nz] Sent: 24 June 2006 05:46 To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] PARISH CHURCH OF TONGE MOOR Hello List Could some-one please tell me the name of the Parish Church of Tonge Moor. On the marriage certificate for 1907 it only states the Parish Church of Tonge Moor. Thank you in advance Barbara Pritchard ==== ENG-LAN-BOLTON Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list, send the command "unsubscribe" to ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or ENG-LAN-BOLTON-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.) ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

Hi Valerie, You raised a topic here that I've wondered about for some time, so this feels like a good time to try to tap the knowledge of listers for a bit of enlightenment. In Bolton we all seem to call St Peter's on Church "The Parish Church". Suggesting that in Bolton we have just one parish church and it's that one. But what is a 'parish church'? The Bolton usage suggest that a parish church is to a town as a cathedral would be to a city. Or is that just the case with a very big town like Bolton. In which case what about Blackburn - a smaller town than Bolton, but complete with a cathedral? Does it also have a parish church or are the two conflated? To the dictionary (Chambers) ... parish church - the church of the establishment for a parish. Ok then ... parish - (noun) a district having its own church and its own minister or priest. Now that seems a bit circular definition to me so it doesn't necessarily help. But it does imply that if Tonge Moor is a parish (I'm not sure if it is) it should have a parish church. And of course it doesn't address the issue of the Bolton parish church, because my understanding is that Bolton consists of a number of parishes rather than consisting in being one of them. Maybe I got out of bed too early this morning? Can anyone enlighten me? In hope Reds, Bob Thornley, Bolton From: "Valerie" <v.lirakis@ntlworld.com> <snip> > There isn't a parish church of Tonge Moor as such. <snip> > Valerie