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ECCLESIASTICAL, COURT AND LAND RECORDS IN THE MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL ARCHIVES |
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Ecclesiastical, court and land records in the Manchester Cathedral archives
Manchester Cathedral is one of only a handful of Anglican cathedrals that hold their own archives on site. Dating from 1361 to the present day, its archives cover the parish functions of both the Cathedral and its predecessor, the Collegiate Church, founded in 1421, as well as of the capitular workings of the church. The collection contains the largest series of parish registers in the country, because of the peculiar coincidence of a very large parish with a huge population increase during the 18th and 19th centuries. At times of peak demand, more than a hundred couples would be wed in a single day, married in batches of 20-30. Yet not all would-be couples were married, as the Cathedral's apparently unique series of banns books starting from the Georgian period shows. These volumes provide unique insights for historians into the proportion of engagements that failed, what objections were raised, and by whom, as well as allowing detailed statistical analysis of residence and mobility in Victorian England. The Capitular Archives record the management of the Chapter Estates comprising considerable land holdings from the 17th-20th centuries in what became the world's first industrial city. Again it is possible to chart the effects of the Industrial Revolution on land use and property values in one of Britain's most important urban centres, as farms and fields were converted to roads, railways, homes and factories. Accessible through a full and detailed online catalogue of the entire fonds (Access to Archives), the materials chosen for publication include highlights from across the major collections. Each document selected serves to illustrate the parochial duties of the Chaplains and Churchwardens, including charity distribution and the daily management of the church and its fabric, as well as the land and financial management of the Warden and Fellows of the Collegiate Church. Taken altogether they reveal how the established church tried to cope not just with spiritual, but also with social and economic change on an unprecedented and massive scale. Accompanied by an introduction to the collection by Christopher Hunwick, formerly Manchester Cathedral Archivist. |
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BROWSING 1-9 OF 9 RESULT(S) IN ECCLESIASTICAL, COURT AND LAND RECORDS IN THE MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL ARCHIVES |
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Manor court books for Newton |
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Comprises the Cathedral's two surviving volumes of manor court books, covering the periods 1775-1837 and 1843-1914. These volumes record the proceedings of the manor court sessions. The volumes list amercements for... (more...) |
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Chapter estate records |
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Includes; title deeds for areas of Deansgate and Kirkmanshulme, an Abstract book of leases, 1672-1869, and a Boundaries Book for Chapter Estates in Newton, Kirkmanshulme and Rusholme from circa 1760... (more...) |
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Annual accounts or statements of receipt and disbursement, 1761-1874 |
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Listing annually the itemised receipts and disbursements of rents, revenues and sums of money, presented for audit during the period 1761-1874. The online collection contains the first six volumes of annual... (more...) |
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Estate plans (Newton Heath, Kirkmanshulme, Deansgate) |
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Three estate plans, showing Newton Heath, Kirkmanshulme and Deansgate, from the latter half of the 19th century and the early 20th century. The plan of Kirkmanshulme illustrates inter alia the development... (more...) |
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Documents relating to charities |
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The workings of the churchwardens are made apparent through this collection, both as administrators of charities, and as the people responsible for the day-to-day running of the church. A sample period... (more...) |
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Registers of baptism, burial, marriage, summary marriage & banns objections |
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The parish registers included are the neat parchment versions of the registers, which were discovered only in 2006, hidden behind a wooden chest. A separate series of neat copies of the... (more...) |
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Banns books, 1733-1928 |
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This span of almost two centuries recording the proclamation of intended marriages ("If any of you know any cause or just impediment why these persons should not be joined together in... (more...) |
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Chapter registers, 1635-1870 |
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Includes the first two surviving Chapter registers containing the Chapter minutes from 1635 to 1870. The minutes cease during the English Civil War. At times, the minutes recorded can be dry... (more...) |
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Chaplains, minor canons and clerks' fees books |
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Comprises four volumes relating to the fees parishioners were charged in respect of the services of chaplains, minor canons and clerks between 1844 and 1898. These record the daily numbers of... (more...) |
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