Catalogue description ST. ANDREW'S, ANCOATS

M45/1/1-14 INCUMBENT

M45/1/1. Finance, 1846-1944

M45/1/2. Curates' Licences, 1873-1922

M45/1/3. Residence Licences, 1899-1948

M45/1/4. Miscellaneous Papers about Births, Marriages and Deaths etc., 1885-1903

M45/1/5. Baird St. Mission, 1889-1901

M45/1/6. Statistical Returns of Parochial Work, 1894-1903

M45/1/7. Services, 1895-1910

M45/1/8. Parish Magazines, 1897, 1902

M45/1/9. Memoranda Books, 1876-1903

M45/1/10-12 Parish Registers

M45/1/10. Baptism Registers, 1831-1958

M45/1/11. Marriage Registers, 1838-1958

M45/1/12. Burial Registers, 1831-1855

M45/1/13. Banns Book, 1940-1959

M45/1/14. Religious Census, 1937

M45/2/1-6 CHURCHWARDENS

M45/2/1. Accounts, 1886-1903, 1915-1927

M45/2/2. Church Fabric, 1879-1952 (includes faculties)

M45/2/3. Insurance, 1895-1937

M45/2/4. Church Property, 1938-1946

M45/2/5. Inventories, 1936

M45/2/6. Papers Relating to Incumbents, 1931-1938

M45/3/1-6 VESTRY

M45/3/1-4 Reports, 1878, 1897, 1900, 1902

M45/3/5. Minutes, 1903-1930

M45/3/6. Minutes of Congregational Meetings, 1866-1867

M45/4/1-21 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

M45/4/1-6 Minutes, 1903-1940

M45/4/7. Pass Book, 1929-1934

M45/4/8-20 Accounts, 1925-1944

M45/4/21. Electoral Roll, c 1943-1945

M45/5/1-4 SCHOOLS

M45/5/1. Baird St., 1825-1957

M45/5/2. Homer St., 1846-1955

M45/5/3. Baird St. and Homer St., 1887-1959

M45/5/4. St. James's School, Major St., 1940-1959

M45/6/1-5 SOCIETIES

M45/6/1. Sunday School Sick Club, 1845

M45/6/2. Rugby Football Club, 1887-1894

M45/6/3. Men's Social Club, 1899-1939

M45/6/4. Heyrod St. Lads' Club, 1901-1902

M45/6/5. Church of England Women's Help Society, 1899-1903

M45/7/1-8 CHARITIES

M45/7/1. Sam. Fletcher, 1886-1889

M45/7/2. Betton's Charity, 1895-1903

M45/7/3. Tallerman Institutes, 1902

M45/7/4. Home of Rest, Lytham, 1899-1900

M45/7/5. Barnes Samaritan Charity, 1900-1901

M45/7/6. Nicholl's Hospital, Manchester, 1903

M45/7/7. Manchester and Salford Medical Charities, 1902-1903

M45/7/8. Mayes Charity, 1901-1902

M45/7/9. Rich. Woodhouse Charities, 1931

M45/7/10. John Hen. Woodhouse Charities, 1931-1932, 1954

M45/8/1-5 MISCELLANEOUS

M45/8/1. Manchester Parishes, 1850-1937

M45/8/2. Circulars etc, 1871-1932

M45/8/3. Letters to Geo. Greaves of Ardwick, 1889-1892

M45/8/4. Letters to Canon C.W. Woodhouse, 1890-1902

M45/8/5. Letters to J. Coglan of Ardwick, 1933-1938

The Archives Department also has Archdeacon John Pushton's Visitation Returns, 13 May 1846, which include miscellaneous papers relating to the church and schools (Ms f 942.72 R121 vol.40) and papers re appointments of curates, 1831-1846 (M39/2/20/1-5, M39/2/21/1)

Other material in Manchester Central Library

Plan for the endowment of the church by John Young Caw, Mar. 1846.

Prospectus of Endowment Fund Society, 1847. Report 1848. Four letters of J.Y. Caw on the subject. (d 283 M17).

Parish magazines, 1885-1944. (283.4273.M340)

Commemorative booklet, 1931. (283.4273.M341)

Details of graves at the site of the former St. Andrew's Church, St. Andrew's Square, Ancoats, 20th c. (f 718.094273.Anl).

Heyrod St. Mens' and Lads' Club photograph album showing schools and mission hall, 1913. (369.2 Anl).

Heyrod St. Mens' and Lads' Club and the Fifth Manchester Company of the Boys Brigade, annual reports, 1926-7, 1928-9. (367.2 M1)

Fortnightly Chronicle of the same, 6 Feb. 1905 - 2 Apr. 1906 (369.42 Fil)

Church of England, Ancoats St Andew Parish, Greater Manchester

The following records were deposited in the Library as Diocesan Record Office in Mar. 1962 by Rev. O.J. Horrocks, Nov. 1977 by Rev. W.F.M. Collins and Nov. 1981 by Rev. P. Widdess.

M45addnl were deposited in November 1981 by Rev. P.H. Widdess of All Souls, Ancoats.

The foundation stone of St. Andrew's was laid on 14 Sept. 1829 and the church consecrated on 6 Oct. 1831. It was assigned a District by Order in Council, 14 Sept, 1838 (London Gazette, 29 Mar. 1839) from the parish of Manchester. These boundaries were altered in 1856 (Order in Council, 24 June, London Gazette, 1 July.)

In 1928 by Order in Council 7 May (London Gazette, 11 May), part of the parish of St. James, George St., Manchester, was added to St. Andrew's, and in 1937 part of St. James the Less, Manchester was added by Order in Council, 2 Feb. (London Gazette, 9 Feb.)

In 1958 St. Andrew's was closed and the parish united with All Souls as All Souls with St. Andrew, by Order in Council 3 Aug. (London Gazette, 5 Aug. 1960).

The united parish was joined by St. Mary's, Beswick in 1966 and became simply All Souls, Ancoats (Order in Council 22 June, London Gazette, 24 June 1966).

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