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The Manchester Genealogist
1851 census returns for Chorlton on Medlock
(Public Record Office reference HO 107/ 2220)
Many researchers seeking their ancestors in the above
have checked both the filmed and unfilmed parts of the returns in
vain. The filmed returns are amongst the worst to read and many
entries are completely unreadable, which makes it very frustrating
especially when one has the correct address and there is firm evidence
from other sources that the family lived there in 1851, yet the
vital details are covered up with water damage. To make things worse,
only a handful of names have been recaptured from the unfilmed pages
which are even worse to decipher than the filmed parts.
To those who have given up the quest as far as Chorlton
on Medlock is concerned, it isn't all bad news. When the team
of London-based volunteers have completed their work on the unfilmed
returns for the final sub-district - Pendleton and Pendlebury, due
to finish at the end of this year - we shall transcribe all the
Chorlton on Medlock returns, this time using Ultra-Violet light.
This has proved of immense benefit with other unfilmed returns and
we hope to recapture many more entries than can be seen on the micro-film
or which have been deciphered from the unfilmed sections. This work
will take several months - there are 2,600 pages to transcribe and
judging from past experience it will be a long, slow process. The
four volunteers will always be grateful for additional assistance,
so if you live in the London area and can spare a day each week
at the PRO Kew, you will help to progress this vital work to a conclusion
sooner rather than later. Please contact me for details.
Finally, I have recently uncovered some important
information relating to the Chorlton on Medlock 1851 returns. If
you cannot trace a particular street in either the filmed or unfilmed
returns, then the likelihood is that the returns have been completely
destroyed. If your ancestors were in residence in any of the undermentioned
locations in 1851 then you will need to rely on others sources to
trace them. I list below the missing streets, most of which are
in the south and south-west part of the sub-district.
1851 CENSUS OF MANCHESTER
Public Record Office reference HO 107/2220
CHORLTON ON MEDLOCK SUB-DISTRICT
List of streets etc. not shown on filmed or unfilmed surname
indexes
Note: Map references refer to the sheet
number of the 60" to 1 mile 1850 Ordnance Survey map of Manchester.
| Location |
Map reference |
| Abbey Street |
43 |
| Abbey View, Greenheys Lane |
43 |
| Acomb Street |
44 |
| Ash Cottage, Webster Street |
43 |
| Back Jenkinson Street |
39 |
| Booth Street West (part) |
38,39 |
| Bridge Street |
44 |
| Burlington Street |
43,44 |
| Butler Street |
43 |
| Cambridge Street (part) |
39,44 |
| Carlton Place, Webster Street |
43 |
| Carlton Terrace, Greenheys Lane |
43 |
| Carter Street |
44 |
| Carver Street |
38 |
| Cecil Street |
44 |
| Cecil Terrace, Cecil Street |
44 |
| Chapel Place, Ormond Street |
39 |
| Chatham Place, Hghr Chatham St |
44 |
| Clairville, Oxford Street |
44 |
| Cleveland Court |
44 |
| Cleveland Place, Webster Street |
44 |
| Cornbrook Place |
44 |
| Coupland Street |
44 |
| Cowcill Street |
38 |
| Drummond Terrace, Lloyd Street |
44 |
| Ducie House |
44 |
| Ducie Street |
44 |
| Eagle Street |
38,44 |
| Eldon Terrace, Burlington Street |
44 |
| Embden Lodge, Embden Street |
43 |
| Embden Street |
43 |
| Enfranchise Place |
44 |
| Exmouth Place, Oxford Street |
44 |
| Exmouth Street |
44 |
| Gore Street |
43,44 |
| Greenheys Hall |
43 |
| Greenheys Lane |
43 |
| Greenhill Street |
43 |
| Greenhill Terrace, Webster Street |
43 |
| Higher Chatham Street (part) |
39,44 |
| Ivy Court |
44 |
| Ivy Street |
44 |
| Jenkinson Street |
39 |
| John Street |
39 |
| Laburnum Place, Cecil Street |
44 |
| Lime Grove |
44 |
| Lime Grove View, Wright Street |
44 |
| Lloyd Street |
44 |
| Melbourne Terrace, Bridge Street |
44 |
| Monton Grove, Carter Street |
44 |
| Monton Terrace, Carter Street |
44 |
| Monton Villa, Carter Street |
44 |
| Nos 1 to 3 Courts, Jenkinson St |
39 |
| Nos 1 to 5 Court, Ormond Street |
39 |
| Ormond Street (part) |
39 |
| Oxford Place |
39 |
| Oxford Place, Oxford Street |
44 |
| Oxford Street (even numbers, part) |
39,44 |
| Park Cottage, Park Street |
44 |
| Park Street |
44 |
| Park Terrace, Park Street |
44 |
| Pigott Street |
43 |
| Prospect Street |
38 |
| Richmond Place, Coupland Street |
44 |
| Richmond Street |
43 |
| Ruby Place, Coupland Street |
44 |
| Tebbutts Court |
39 |
| Tebbutts Row |
39 |
| The Grapes PH |
39 |
| The Lloyd's Arms PH |
39 |
| The Penitentiary, Wood Street |
43 |
| The Wellingon PH |
39 |
| Tuer Street |
39 |
| Victoria Place, Cambridge Street |
44 |
| Waterloo Place, Oxford Street |
39 |
| Webster Street |
43 |
| Welbeck Street |
38,39,44 |
| Wellington Street |
39 |
| Wood Street |
43 |
| Wright Street |
44 |
Ray Hulley (1823)
Project Coordinator
September 1998
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