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There is a very interesting and enthusiastic site about UK Methodist history in a very wide sense at -

http://www.methodistheritage.org.uk/

There is a contact link that might be able to help.

The MLFHS site has a list of Manchester graveyards at

http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/Infobase/graveyards.php

which has -

Old City Graveyards ...
Name               Location                        Opened Closed    Moved
Methodist Chapel, Great Bridgewater St.  c1801    1854?    c1890

I was unable to find any information from Archives+, the Manchester Archive Service site (http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/448/archives_and_local_history ) about records for this church.

Hope this helps

The certificate you posted is from a standard Catholic marriage register that came into use just after 1855.  The entry translates roughly as -

In the year 1876, on 6th day of the month of March, I, Edmund Scott, Assistant Missioner [priest] , joined in marriage Charles Joseph Walt[??] of 11 Melton Street, son of Peter and Ann, and Ann Pearson, widow of John Pearson, of 11 Melton street, daughter of John Nolan and Catherine Cullen.

Witnesses present   James Pearson, of 11 Melton Street
         Anna McSawley of 65 Great Crosshall St

Hope this helps you make sense of the certificate,

Jim Lancaster (Bury, Lancs.)

            [signed] Edmund Scott  Miss Coad

You ask about "Adoption in Manchester" and a-l has pointed out that you need to contact the appropriate Social Services Department.

You will find further information about getting access to adoption records on -

https://www.gov.uk/adoption-records

This is an official government site.

Hope this helps,

Jim Lancaster (Bury, Lancs.)

Hi, Catiesmum,

You ask about the baptismal records for a Catholic church near Addison Street Bootle.

The Catholic Directory for 1915 (“The Catholic Directory, 1915” Anon. 75th Edition.  Pub. by Burns and Oates, London, 1915)  lists three Catholic churches in Bootle -

St Alexander
St Elizabeth, Litherland
St James.

The best source of information about Catholic registers for missions (parishes) established before 1880 is -

"Catholic Missions and Registers 1700 - 1880, Volume 5, North West England" compiled and published by M. Gandy, 2nd Edition, 1998 (ISBN 0 9528879 2 4).

This has for St Alexander -

"St Alexander (founded 1862) known as St John the Evangelist to 1866. The original church was destroyed in the Blitz in May 1941 and all registers lost. Re-opened 1957 and closed due to population shift in August 1991."
[endquote]

For St James, it has -

Bootle, St. James (founded 1845) ... Known as Seaforth 1865-1866, Known as Linacre 1871-1874.
orig reg: B 1845+, M 1855+, Conf 1852+, DBur 1877+ (Registers to 1950 at Bootle Library, ... Other PP).
[endquote]

I understand that the registers of this church that were at Bootle Library are now at Crosby Library, Crosby Road North, Waterloo  L22 0LQ.

The catalogue of the Liverpool Archives and Local History (https://liverpool.gov.uk/libraries/archives-family-history/ ) does not have an obvious reference to the registers of this church.  The only entry that MIGHT apply is -

    282 JMB - St. James Roman Catholic Church, Bootle

Ref No   282 JMB
Title   St. James Roman Catholic Church, Bootle
Date   1845-1964
Level   Collection
Access_Conditions   Available on microfilm only
[endquote]

Gandy does not list St Elizabeth, Litherland, and this is because it was founded in 1904, so if you thought this church could be the baptismal church the you would need to write to -

The Parish Priest
St Elizabeth of Hungary Presbytery
Webster Street,
Litherland      L21 8JH

Hope this helps,

Jim Lancaster (Bury, Lancs.)

Hi, Alan, 

Bury Grammar School for Boys has a website - http://www.bgsboys.co.uk/bgsb/  That includes a contact page.  The school is very interested in its own history, so a note to the school may provide help

Jim Lancaster (Bury, Lancs.)