St Mary the Virgin, Stockport, Church of England

An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Bramhall, Bredbury, Brinnington, Disley, Dukinfield, Hyde, Marple, Norbury, Offerton, Romiley, Stockport, Stockport Etchells, Torkington and Werneth, and a small part of the township of Northen Etchells..

The district was affected by the following boundary changes:

• 1839 — reduced when part of the township of Stockport was transferred to Stockport: St. Peter.
• 1839 — reduced when the townships of Bramhall and Stockport Etchells, and part of the township of Stockport, were transferred to Stockport: St. Thomas.
• 1841 May 24 — reduced when the township of Werneth was transferred to Werneth: St. Paul.
• 1843 January 10 — reduced when the township of Dukinfield was transferred to Dukinfield: St. John the Evangelist.
• 1843 January 10 — reduced when the township of Hyde was transferred to Hyde: St. George
• 1843 January 10 — reduced when the township of Norbury was transferred to Norbury: St. Thomas.
• 1844 June 3 — reduced when part of the township of Brinnington was transferred to Portwood: St. Paul.
• 1846 September 8 — reduced when the township of Bredbury was transferred to Bredbury: St. Mark.
• 1852 January 9 — enlarged to include an area lying on the east side of Windmill Street transferred from Stockport: St. Matthew .
• 1860 October 30 — reduced when parts of the township of Marple and Torkington were transferred to High Lane: St. Thomas.
• 1870 December 22 — reduced when part of the township of Marple was transferred to Low Marple: St. Martin.
• 1876 May 9 — reduced when part of the township of Marple was transferred to Marple: All Saints.
• 1876 October 27 — reduced when part of the township of Romiley was transferred to Chadkirk: St. Chad.
• 1877 March 27 — reduced when the remainingpart of the township of Romiley was transferred to Werneth: St. Paul.
• 1878 August 23 — reduced when the remaining part of the township of Torkington was transferred to Norbury: St. Thomas
• 1893 July 21 — reduced when the township of Offerton and part of the townshp of Stockport was transferred to Stockport: St. Alban.
• 1913 October 14 — reduced when the township of Disley was transferred to Disley: St. Mary the Virgin.
• 1963 October 22 — reduced when an area was transferred to Wythenshawe: The William Temple Church (in the diocese of Manchester).

Church Records

C = Christenings (Baptisms) ; M = Marriages ; B = Burials ; BTs = Bishop's Transcripts

Original Registers	C 1584-1947 ; M 1584-1958 ; B 1584-1913 — Cheshire Archives (P 14) C from 1947 ; M from 1958 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1584-1901 ; M 1584-1901 ; B 1584-1909 — Cheshire Archives ; Manchester Archives & Local Studies ; Stockport Heritage Library C 1584-1890 ; M 1584-1901 ; B 1584-1846 — Family History Society of Cheshire
Bishop's Transcripts	1605, 1610-11, 1617-24, 1626-41, 1663-85, 1687-90, 1695-97, 1699-1715, 1718, 1721-28, 1730-48, 1750-69, 1771-1833, 1837, 1839-44 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Archives, Family History Society of Cheshire
Copies and Indexes	CMB 1584-1620 — published in: The Parish Registers of Saint Mary, Stockport, edited by E. W. Bulkeley (Stockport, 1989) CMB 1620-1680 (transcript) — John Rylands University Library CMB 1627-1640 (transcript by H. Potter) — Stockport Heritage Library CB 1746-1762 ; M 1746-1754 ; M 1799-1834 (index by R. Trunkfield) — Cheshire Archives C 1584-1849 — published by North Cheshire Family History Society (6 vols.) M 1584-1754 — published by North Cheshire Family History Society (2 vols.) M 1584-1837 — North & East Cheshire Marriage Index - may be viewable at subscription sites such as ancestry or findmypast M 1586-1837 (incomplete) — Bertram Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire (1750-1836) M 1754-1815 (transcript, 7 vols.) — Church M 1799-1837 — published by Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society M 1822-1881 (transcript) — Manchester Archives & Local Studies (Owen MSS) M 1837-1958 — Cheshire BMD (ST:ST16) B 1584-1913 — National Burial Index B 1584-1913 — published by North Cheshire Family History Society
Monumental Inscriptions	Published by North Cheshire Family History Society, 2001

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