Rochdale Parish Registers (1582-1801)
The church of Rochdale dates from the Twelfth Century, and was originally a dependency of Whalley Abbey. The original Parish of Rochdale was one of the largest in the Hundred of Salford. It was anciently divided into four divisions - Hundersfield, Spotland, Castleton and Butterworth; and into contained the villages Todmorden, Milnrow, Littleborough and Whitworth, and within its ecclesiastical jurisdiction was also the Chapelry of Saddleworth.
Although there were chapels in all these villages in the Sixteenth Century, as Rochdale was the mother church, the early registers there contain the only existing records for that period of the baptisms, marriages and funerals in the entire Parish.
The information below is taken from four separate volumes:
The Registers of the Parish Church of Rochdale in the County of Lancaster, from October 1581 to March 1616
Edited by Henry Fishwick, F.S.A. Author of The History of Goosnargh, The History of Kirkham, The Lancashire Library, etc., etc. Printed by James Clegg, 10 Milnrow Road, Rochdale, MDCCCLXXXVIII.
The Registers of the Parish Church of Rochdale in the County of Lancaster, from October 1581 to March 1616
Edited by Henry Fishwick, F.S.A. Author of The History of Goosnargh, The History of Kirkham, The Lancashire Library, etc., etc. Printed by James Clegg, 10 Milnrow Road, Rochdale, MDCCCLXXXIX.
The Registers of the Parish Church of Rochdale in the County of Lancaster, 1642-1700
Transcribed and indexed by Henry Brierley, LL.D. Printed for the Lancashire Parish Register Society, by Strowger and Son, Ltd., 1921.
The Marriage Registers of the Parish Church of Rochdale 1701-1801
Transcribed by Henry Brierley, B.A., LL.D.
Printed for the Lancashire Parish Register Society by W. Lewis at the Cambridge University Press and Messrs Seed & Co. Ltd., 53 Guildhall Street, Preston, 1924.
All marriages are after Banns unless "L:" (Licence) is appended.
"P:" signifies Parish – where the parties are not of Rochdale Parish, and "W." signifies Witness.
ORMEROD BAPTISMS
Marie | filia | Lawrencii Ormerode | 27 September 1629 | |
Laurence | filius | Laurencii Ormerode | 21 June 1630 | |
Richard | filius | Laurencii Ormerode | 29 Januarie 1631 | |
Elizabeth | filia | Lawr: Ormerode | 26 July 1635 | |
Abell | filius | Lawrence Ormerode | 17 June 1638 | |
Isabell | filia | Georgii Ormerode et Margrett ... illegitimate | 30 March 1634 | |
James | f. | James Ormrod | 13 August 1648 | |
Lawrance | f. | Richard Ormerodd | 15 October 1665 | |
Mary | fa. | Richard Ormerrod | Woodhous | 19 Aprill 1668 |
Ann | fa. | Richard Ormerrodd | Woodhous | 12 December 1669 |
Richard | f. | Richard Oremerod | Woodhouse Lane | 8 September 1672 |
ORMEROD MARRIAGES
Laurence Ormerode cum ffrancisca Radcliffe | 3 October 1634 |
John Ashworth cum Elizabetha Ormerode | 30 Januarie 1636 |
John Hamer Elizabeth Ormarrod | 14 June 1663 |
Richard Ormerrod Ann Grene L: | 1 July 1664 |
Henry … Anna Ormerood | 3 October 1664 |
James Kershaw Ann Ormerodd | 25 June 1667 |
John Hargreaves Lettes Ormarrodd of Whaley | 4 August 1668 |
Samuel Milne Jane Ormerrodd L: | 20 November 1669 |
Richard Ormerrodd Mary Smethorst L: | 12 August 1673 |
James Wolfenden Jenney Ormerrodd | 3 November 1681 |
Peter Ormerod Mary Hellewell L: | 18 May 1702 |
Abraham Roads Agnes Ormorod | 27 February 1708 |
David Hardman Mary Ormerod | 6 January 1719 |
Joshua Hoyle Elizabeth Ormerod Rossendale | 26 December 1721 |
Robert Low Elizabeth Ormerod | 7 November 1728 |
Jonathan Files Alice Ormerod L: | 4 Aug 1737 |
Isaac Smith Ann Ormerod L: | 27 Dec 1737 |
Nickolus Fielden Ann Ormerod | 21 Nov 1738 |
Oliver Ormeroid Whalley p: Alice Hoyle L: Mr Bolton | 20 Sep 1739 |
William Ormerod Burnley p: Sarah Lord L: Mr B: | 10 Feb 1742 |
Samuel Jackson Grace Ormerod | 2 Aug 1743 |
Samuel Standring Mary Ormerod | 27 Nov 1743 |
James Unsworth Betty Ormerod | 25 Dec 1744 |
Oliver Ormerod Mary Worrall | 2 May 1748 |
Abram Lord Ann Ormerod | 1 May 1750 |
Peter Ormerod Margt Parkington | 22 Oct 1751 |
James Bamford Mary Ormerod W. Joshua Chadwick | 20 July 1755 |
James Grindrod Mary Ormerod W. Jas Byrom | 14 Nov 1758 |
Thomas Woodhead Margaret Ormerod W. Jno: Nuttall | 8 July 1759 |
John Ormerod Sarah Howorth W. John Rigby Jas: Holt | 14 Ap 1761 |
John Ormerod Mally Holt W. Jas Stott | 24 May 1763 |
James Hawkerd Peggy OrmeroD W. John Wrenshaw Jos Hokerd | 5 July 1774 |
Peter Ormerod Mary Ogden | 30 Jan 1775 |
Lawrence Lord Ann Ormerod both Shawford W. Sam Whipp | 26 Dec 1776 |
Thomas Greenlees Sarah Ormerod W. Robt Rodick Richd Jones | 12 July 1779 |
Henry Ormrod, Heslenden Chapelry Mary Elton L: W. Jas Clegg | 19 May 1783 |
Thomas Ormerod Martha Milln W. Jas Wyld | 28 Dec 1786 |
Abraham Kershaw Jenny Ormerod W. Jas Stansfield | 22 April 1787 |
Richard Tunnadine junr Manchester p: Margaret Ormerod L: W. Hen: Ormerod John & Ann Ormerod Rt Crowther jun: |
12 May 1790 |
James Ormerod Betty Whitaker W. Wm Roberts | 14 Sep 1790 |
John Ormerod Mary Kershaw W. John Ormirod [sic] | 4 November 1792 |
Robert Maden Hannah Ormerod W. Jas Howard | 23 June 1793 |
John Bury Jenny Ormerod | 21 April 1794 |
James Ormerod Ann Rigg W. James Wolfenden | 6 September 1795 |
Henry Ormerod M.D. Ann Leech, Spotland Bridge L: W. Thos Leech John Fildes | 21 Sep 1796 |
John Radcliffe, Soyland Betty Ormerod L: Casson Fold W. Jas Unsworth | 3 Sep 1799 |
John Ormerod, Todmorden Edge Hannah Ingham, Makin Place Halifax p: L: W. Jas Ingham | 5 March 1801 |
ORMEROD BURIALS
Vx George Ormerode | 5 September 1592 |
Vx Laurence Ormerode | 26 Aprill 1632 |
A child of George Ormerode | 14 Julie 1634 |
A child of Abra: Ormrood | 7 January 1648 |
A child of Abraham Ormerood [?] | 5 Maie 1649 |
OTHER ORMEROD REFERENCES
John Dearden Ann Mills W. Rt Marriott Peter Ormerod R: Ingham | 1 Sep 1757 |
Edmund Piccop Mary Lord W. Jas Lord Lawee Ormerod jun: | 15 May 1759 |
Charles Stott Jane Brearley W. Jno Ormerod | 23 Nov 1763 |
John Roundell Mary Kershaw W. Jno Ormerod | 19 Feb 1765 |
Thomas Fildes Mary Beswicke L: W. Sally Halliwell Mary Stott Joseph Ormerod Isaac Smith | 23 July 1765 |
John Ormerod Frances Hilton W. John Gorell | 21 Dec 1775 |
Thomas Holt, Blackwater Susan Bolton, Toad Lane W. George Ormerod | 5 Oct 1778 |
Abraham Barker Halifax p: Mattey Millns L: W. Jas Millne Abram Ormerod Betty Whithead | 16 April 1785 |
John Stott Martha Stott L: W. Eliz: Haigh Thos Ormerod | 11 Aug 1789 |
Richard Milne Phebe Gore L: W. John Ormerod Thos Gore Sam Milne | 10 Sep 1789 |
Edmund Wild Sarah Stott W. Wm Ormerod [?] | 6 March 1791 |
Edmund Wild Jane Butterworth W. John Ormerod | 4 November 1792 |
Thomas Kershaw Mary Simpson W. John Ormerod | 4 November 1792 |
George Robinshaw Betty Woolfenden both Healey W. John Ormerod | 1 April 1793 |
John Ashworth Betty Turner W. James Ormerod | 5 November 1793 |
John Taylor of Whitworth Alice Wilcock of Hazle Wragby p: Yorkshire L: W. Geo: Taylor John Ormerod John Hey | 14 April 1796 |
Jeremiah Meanley Ann Lomax, Horsecroft L: W. John Ormerod Jas Taylor | 23 Nov 1797 |
Richard Lomax, Horsecroft Mary Meanley L: W. John Ormerod Jas Taylor | 23 Nov 1797 |
Daniel Eastwood, Ewood Mary Heap, Todmorden Edge L: W. Hannah, John & Mary Ormerod | 23 Jan 1800 |
John Hardman, Broadley Betty Leach, Whitworth L: W. Jas Ormerod | 25 Dec 1800 |
William Hartley Elizabeth Auston both Whitworth W. Jas Ormerod | 9 Feb 1801 |
WADDINGTON MARRIAGES
James Waddington Mary Dutton both Healey W. Richd Simpson | 20 December 1778 |
John Harwood Mary Waddington both Whitworth W. Robert Shepherd | 8 July 1781 |
James Tweedale Betty Waddington W. Rd Brown | 16 June 1788 |