Catholic Churches Salford Circa 1850s

[Marmitch]

Hi, I'm (still) trying to trace my gt Grandmother's (Margaret Jane Costello) place/date of birth. So far to no avail. I believe she was born in Salford during the mid 1850s, possibly in the Greengates area of the city. Does anyone know which which catholic churches were around at this time and which parish this area of Salford would have fallen under.

many thanks MM

[Jane Eden]

Hi

This link may help

http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-England-Wales.htm#Diocese-Salford

Jane

[skb]

You could also try

www.genuki.org.uk/big/churchdb/

I think there was a Catholic church in Greengate but the main RC church for Salford is St John (Cathedral) on Chapel Street.

PS. I've also replied to your old posting on the Common Room board, which may help.

[velpremus]

Have you considered getting a copy of her birth certificate?
http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk has a Margaret Jane Costello registered in 1854 in Greengate, Salford.

[uk2003]

Hi Folks

This may help http://www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/arls/registers/prlistv.htm

Regards
Ken

[Marmitch]

Thanks for your replies. Now to find out exacyly where in Salford, the district of Greengates was/is so that I can find which church covered it as a parish

[Marmitch]

I have a birth certificate for a Margaret Jane Costello, but it is the wrong one(wrong father). I suspect there may be a family link though as this MJC was born a few months after my MJCs sister (julia ann), in the same area of Salford, possibly only a few streets apart. Either that or it is a huge coincidence. Anyway thanks to a 1861 census entry supplied after my posting, I now know that they are 2 separate MJCs and not the same person who for some reason was 'adopted' or looked after by a relative as a young child.

If anyone knows of a family link between a William Costello(born Ireland apparently) with wife Sarah (cunningham)and a Thomas Costello (born either Gibralter or Ireland) with wife Catherine (Flanaghan?), and born around 1820, with close links with Salford in the 1950s, I would be greatly appreciative of any information.
many thanks MM

[skb]

Hello Marmitch,
If you go to
www.multimap.com
and put in Greengate, Salford
it will show you the road named Greengate. Nowadays, I think it is split into east and west but at one time it was a fairly major road.

The area surrounding this is known locally as Greengate.

The old census registration district of Greengate is approximately the area bounded on the west, north and east by the River Irwell and on the south by Chapel Street

[Marmitch]

Thanks once again SKB for your information. I put greengates into multimap and lo and behold I found it, and from there I was able to locate other key addresses. You learn something new everyday. I originally come from Lancashire, and I always considered the area around Strangeways prison as Cheetam Hill. To me Salford was the 'otherside' of Manchester towards the Quays etc. In fact unknowingly every time I travelled into Manchster from Bury where I lived, I was passing through what was once known as Greengates. I should try going back to my roots more.....