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St Ambrose of Milan, Chorlton cum Hardy, Roman Catholic
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Photograph supplied by & Copyright of Mike Berrell.
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It was founded in 1932. A new church opened in 1958.
A school-chapel has been built here to serve the new housing estates. The first beginnings go back to 1932 when the school-chapel was first opened and the mission was still attached to Chorlton. Fr. George Motler became the first parish priest.Taken from "Salford Diocese and its Catholic past", a survey by Charles A. Bolton, a Priest of the above Diocese. Published 1950 on the First Centenary for the Diocese of Salford.
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Whilst every effort has been made to record exact details of record office and library holdings
you are recommended to check with them before visiting to ensure that they do hold the records and years you
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Copies of Original Registers
Baptisms
- 1933-1941 held by Lancashire Record Office MF 1/210 - Microfilm
- 1933-1941 held by Lancashire Record Office MF 1/210 - Microfilm
- 1947-1962 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
- 1947-1962 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
Marriages
- 1933-1941 held by Lancashire Record Office MF 1/210 - Microfilm
- 1933-1941 held by Lancashire Record Office MF 1/210 - Microfilm
- 1947-1955 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
- 1947-1955 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
- 1960-1962 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
- 1960-1962 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
Baptisms
1933-1941
Copy of Original Register of baptisms 1933-1941 held by Lancashire Archives - MF 1/210
1947-1962
Copy of Original Register of baptisms 1947-1962 held by Lancashire Archives - RCSF 2
Marriages
1933-1941
Copy of Original Register of marriages 1933-1941 held by Lancashire Archives - MF 1/210
1947-1955
Copy of Original Register of marriages 1947-1955 held by Lancashire Archives - RCSF 2
1960-1962
Copy of Original Register of marriages 1960-1962 held by Lancashire Archives - RCSF 2
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