In message <[email protected]>, Norman Lee <[email protected]> writes >Manchester was not always a cathedral, it was a collegiate church. I'm not >sure exactly when it became a cathedral but have a feeling it was sometime >during the 19th century. As such, it probably couldn't have exacted the >extra tax from other churches round about. In the early C19, Manchester was expanding rapidly, and the subordinate hamlets (suburbs as they became) only had chapels, tied to the parish church, like Rusholme, Hulme etc. Presumably they counted as chapels of ease and the parish church exacted fees from users. > -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

Thanks Eve, that is more or less what I was trying to say, John >In the early C19, Manchester was expanding rapidly, and the subordinate >hamlets (suburbs as they became) only had chapels, tied to the parish >church, like Rusholme, Hulme etc. Presumably they counted as chapels of >ease and the parish church exacted fees from users. ___________________________________________________________ Tiscali Broadband from 14.99 with free setup! http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/