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Church of England

The Parish Church of Bury is St Mary the Virgin, Church of England Market Place, Bury, BL9 0LA
Map Ref SD803108
Bury Parish Church Website - http://www.freewebs.com/buryparishchurch/index.htm

For a virtual tour of the Church see website (note pictures quite dark) -
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/tcsc/VirtBury/ParishCh/Page1.htm

The Parish Church had fallen into a state of dilapidation towards the middle of the eighteenth century, and in the year 1776, all the building, except the steeple was taken down, and re-erected.

See also the :Lancashire OPC website http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Bury/index.html

St Johns with St Marks, Church of England, Sunny Ave, Bury BL9 6PF
Map Ref SD807124
St Johns (has in places been recorded as St John the Rock - though this is not the name) was built in 1770 on Stanley St (picture below), about 500 yards from St Mary’s to serve as a place of worship while St Mary’s was being rebuilt.
It was rebuilt in 1851 and then major repairs were needed to the church in the mid-1950s and it was decided to build a new church at Sunny Avenue, Seedfield, and this is also dedicated to St. John. The Registers of St. Mark are still with this Vicar. The parish was later “combined ” to share with St Marks in the ?1980s and became known as St Johns with St Marks.
Website at http://www.stjohnwithstmark-church.co.uk/ 

NB The original registers which include marriages 1861-2006 and baptisms 1906-2006 are still with this Parish.

(Start of Marriages 1861)

St Paul's, Church of England, St Paul’s St, Bury 
Map Ref SD813111 (381390, 411110) GB Grid
The foundation stone was laid on Good Friday 1839, the Church opened for divine worship on 26th and 30th September 1841, and consecrated on the feast of St Peter and Paul by the Bishop of Chester in 1842. Now closed.

Pre and post fire.

(Start of Marriages 1851)

Holy Trinity Church of England , Spring St, Bury BL9 0RW  
Map Ref SD808104
Holy Trinity was established as a mission in 1850 by a curate of the Rector of Bury. The Rector wanted a High Church mission and it continues in this tradition today. It was a poor area and the church was only opened in 1865. This church is on Heywood Street between Spring Street and East Street. It is still in operation today, though its community is quite small.

(Start of Marriages 1866)

St Marks Church of England, Walmersley Rd, Bury BL9 6LL
Map Ref SD808117
St. Mark was founded around 1870 to provide a church school in the Chesham area and so avoid the need for a School Board (and a Council School). The parish continued to around the 1980s (?) when it was amalgamated with St John to form the St. John with St. Mark parish.

The St. Mark church was cleared and the Salvation Army have built a new Citadel on it in the early 1990s (shown below).

no records found deposited (Start of Marriages 1885)

St Thomas Church of England, Rochdale Rd, Bury.
Map Ref SD814107
Consecrated by the Bishop of Manchester in Dec 1866. The building paid for by Thomas OPENSHAW.
See website at http://cgi.ourchurch.plus.com/

no records found deposited (Start of Marriages 1867)

St Peter's Church, St Peter's Rd, Bury BL9 9QZ
Map Ref SD804089

The land for St. Peter's church was given by the Earl of Derby with plans approved on 10th April 1871. The church was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Manchester on 29th June 1872 and cost 4 thousand 8 hundred pounds. The Chapelry of St. Peter's was formed out of the cures of the Rector of Bury and the Rector of Radcliffe.
(Start of Marriages 1873)

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Non-Conformist Denominations -  Independent/Congregational

New Road Independent (Congregational) Church, Rochdale Rd, Bury and
Bury United Reformed Church (Bury URC), Rochdale Rd, Bury BL9 0PW
See records at Bury Archives
First chapel built on current site at Rochdale Road in 1792. Adjacent graveyard mainly in use 1797 - 1814. The graveyard was partly built over in 1885 when current building was erected. Amalgamated with Bethel and Castlecroft in 1965 to form  a united Bury Congregational Church, which then became part of the new United Reformed Church in 1972.

See http://www.nwsynod.org.uk/district/2e12.php