Hi Barbara, St Mary's Deane (single 'n', by the way, and in its early years lacking the ultimate 'e') certainly is the parish church of Deane Parish. I think I'm right in saying that Deane was not originally part of Bolton le Moors, but was an adjoining parish in its own right in the Salford Hundred. I can accept the possibility that the first two parishes of what is now Bolton might have been Bolton le Moors and Dean(e), and that Bolton grew rapidly and new parishes were formed within the expanded boundaries and/or population, but the question is whether the churches having jurisdiction over these parishes where parish churches or chapels of ease, as shown on the map provided by Martin. If the latter then would not that make the areas chapelries rather than parishes? The definitions of the terms seem to me to suggest that this would be the logical conclusion, but I haven't found a reliable statement of the de facto situation, which may well not be logical at all. Perhaps I should watch the football and forget about it. Eng- l- a -a nd! Rgds, Bob Thornley, Bolton From: BARBARA WINDER Deanne in Bolton certainly has its own church, its own parish and its own rector- with parts dating from the Saxon era it also is older than St Peters. Barbara

Ancient Parishes and Townships - From the handlist of Registers at Bolton Archives and Local Studies. For local goverment and other purposes, the ancient parishes were subdivided into a number of divisions known as townships. The Parish of Bolton le Moors included Anglezarke, Rivington, Sharples, Longworth, Turton, Entwistle, Edgworth, Quarlton, Longworth, Bradshaw, Harwood, Little Bolton, Tonge with Haulgh, Breightmet, Darcy Lever, Little Lever, Blackrod and Lostock The Parish Church was in Great Bolton with Chapels of Ease at Turton, Rigvington, Blackrod, Bradshaw, Walmsley and Little Bolton. The Parish of Deane included Horwich, Halliwell, Heaton, Deane, Rumworth, Westhoughton, Over Hulton, Middle Hulton, Farnworth, Little Hulton and Kearsley. The Parish Church was in Deane with Chapels of Ease at Horwich, Westhoughton and Peel. Great Lever was in the Parish of Middleton. Bolton Town Centre Parishes Although the whole of our area lay within only three ancient parishes, namely Bolton-le-Moors, Deane and Middleton, owing to the rapid growth in population which occurred during the nineteenth century, many additional churches were built during this period, particularly in Bolton town centre. Most of these became independent parishes. A plan of the town centre showing these 'new' parishes as they were about the year 1910 is on display in the search room. Here is a list of them, with the dates of their earliest registers. Bolton Town Centre Parishes All Saints, Little Bolton 1796 All Souls, Little Bolton 1879 Bolton Parish Church, St. Peter 1573 Christ Church, Great Bolton 1841 Emmanuel, Great Bolton 1842 Holy Trinity, Great Bolton 1826 St. Barnabas, Little Bolton 1896 St. Bartholomew, Great Lever and Great Bolton 1879 St. George, Little Bolton 1796 St. George the Martyr, Daubhill 1881 St. James, Little Bolton 1863 St. John, Little Bolton 1846 St. Luke, Halliwell 1876 St. Margaret, Halliwell 1907 St. Mark, Great Bolton 1866 St. Matthew, Little Bolton 1874 St. Paul, Great Bolton 1863 St. Peter (Bolton Parish Church) 1573 St. Philip, Great Bolton 1897 SS Simon and June, Great Lever 1901 Anne in Bolton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Thornley" <bob@thornleysystems.co.uk> To: <ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] PARISH CHURCH OF TONGE MOOR > Hi Barbara, > St Mary's Deane (single 'n', by the way, and in its early years lacking > the ultimate 'e') certainly is the parish church of Deane Parish. > > I think I'm right in saying that Deane was not originally part of Bolton > le Moors, but was an adjoining parish in its own right in the Salford > Hundred. > > I can accept the possibility that the first two parishes of what is now > Bolton might have been Bolton le Moors and Dean(e), and that Bolton grew > rapidly and new parishes were formed within the expanded boundaries and/or > population, but the question is whether the churches having jurisdiction > over these parishes where parish churches or chapels of ease, as shown on > the map provided by Martin. > > If the latter then would not that make the areas chapelries rather than > parishes? The definitions of the terms seem to me to suggest that this > would be the logical conclusion, but I haven't found a reliable statement > of the de facto situation, which may well not be logical at all. > > Perhaps I should watch the football and forget about it. > > Eng- l- a -a nd! > > Rgds, Bob Thornley, Bolton > > From: BARBARA WINDER > Deanne in Bolton certainly has its own church, its own parish and its own > rector- with parts dating from the Saxon era it also is older than St > Peters. > Barbara > > ==== ENG-LAN-BOLTON Mailing List ==== > To switch from one mode to the other, unsubscribe from one and then > subscribe to the other. > > ============================== > 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 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.3/374 - Release Date: 23/06/2006 > >