ST. JOHN'S, BURY

L110/1/1-16 INCUMBENT

L110/1/1. Baptism Registers, 1821 - 1906

[L110/1/2. Marriage Registers - not deposited]

L110/1/3. Burial Registers, 1821-1974

L110/1/4. Draft or copy Registers, 1831-1860

L110/1/8. Establishment of St John's, 1767-1768

L110/1/9. Sentence of Consecration, 1770

[L110/1/10. Parish Boundaries - not deposited - but see L110/3/3-8]

L110/1/11. Grave Register, no date

L110/1/12. Deeds of Glebe - Baldwin's Farm, Westhoughton, 1706-1863

L110/1/13. Proposed Lease of Mines under Baldwin's Farm, 1873-1875

L110/1/14. Miscellaneous Papers about Glebe, 1837-1872

L110/1/15. Income, 1814-1876

L110/1/16. Parsonage, 1864

L110/2/1-9 CHURCHWARDENS AND VESTRY

L110/2/1. Accounts, 1770-1850 and Minutes, 1787-1891

L110/2/2. Copies of Church Documents, 1770-1865

L110/2/3. Inventories, post 1881

L110/2/4-9 Deposited September 1993 per Bury Archives

L110/2/4. Ledgers, 1921-1959

L110/2/5-9 Sequestration Papers, 1954

L110/3/1-8 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

L110/3/3-8 Deposited September 1993 per Bury Archives

L110/3/3-7 Opposition to Proposed Amalgamation with St Mark's, 1924-1926

L110/3/8. Proposed Demolition and Sale of site, 1966-1967

L110/4/1-7 DAY SCHOOL

L110/4/1. Boys' Log Book, 1863-1910

L110/4/2. Girls' Log Books, 1863-1901

L110/4/3. Infants' Log Book, 1879-1902

L110/4/4. Boys' Admission Register, 1870-1903

L110/4/5. Girls' Admission Register, 1876-1906

L110/4/6. School Building, 1849

L110/4/7. School Site, 1868

L110/5 MISCELLANEOUS

List of Parishioners (?) in Armed Forces, temp. World War I (?)

<p>The Archives Department also has Archdeacon John Rushton's Visitation Returns, 6 April 1846 (MS 942.72 R121 vol 15); papers relating to the demolition of the church, 1963-1967 (L162/3/1,2); History, 1770-1970, by Rev. Arthur Hulse (L147/3/23/18).</p>

The following records were deposited in the Manchester Central Library as Diocesan Record Office in October 1982 by Rev H.G. Thomas, and September 1993 per Bury Archives Service.

St. John's was built in Rock St., by Rev. John Stanley, rector of Bury, on his glebe land, to serve the growing population of Bury, and was consecrated on 8 June 1770.

It was not assigned a District until 1860 when part of the parish of St. Mary's was granted to it by Order in Council 23 January (London Gazette, 25 January 1860).

An attempt to join the parish to that of St. Mark's in 1924-1926 was vigorously opposed (see L110/3/3-7). Part of the parish of Walmersley was added in 1958 by Order in Council 7 May (London Gazette, 13 May).

From 1956 most services were held in the mission church at Seedfield. The old church was finally closed in 1964 and a new one built at Seedfield to replace the mission.

The benefice was united with St. Mark's by Order in Council, 27 July 1983, (London Gazette, 4 August 1983), as St. John with St. Mark, St. John's becoming the parish church of the united parish.