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Lancashire Kelly's Directory 1896 (published by Archive CD Books): "Elton is a township and parish in the hundred of Salford and union of Bury, formed February 23rd 1844, from the civil parish of Bury, and extends in a westerly direction from the town of Bury, the most populous portion of the township constituting a part of the borough. The manufacture of cotton is the chief industry of the place, but there are iron foundries and paper works, and bleaching and dyeing is also carried on. All Saint's Church erected in 1843 is a large building of stone in the Norman style, consisting of a chancel, nave transept, and a tower above the chancel containing one bell: the east window is a memorial to the wife of the late incumbent; others have been placed to Mr and Mrs Oram of Bury; Mrs Geldard, daughter of John Openshaw esq of Irwell house, Bury; and one by the Hutchinson family of Radcliffe, as a family memorial; the interior has been completely restored since 1858; in 1884 an organ chamber was built, and in 1885 a new organ was placed in it: there are sittings for 720 persons, of which 240 are free. The register dates from the year 1843. The living is a vicarage net yearly value £400 with residence, in the gift of the rector of Bury, and held since 1891 by the Rev Charles Primrose Ford BA of Caius College, Cambridge. The vicarage house, built of local stone was erected in 1863 on an eminence near the church.
St Stephens is an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1894 out of the parish of All Saint's Elton. The church situated in Bolton road and erected in 1881, is a building of local stone in the Early English style, and consists of a chancel, nave, aisles, side chapel, vestry and a turret containing one bell: the font of Caen stone, was the gift of Miss Openshaw of Irwell house in memory of her father: there are 520 sittings, all free. The register dates from the year 1884. The living is a vicarage, tithe rent charge £50, gross yearly value £250 in the gift of the vicar of All Saints Elton, and held since 1882 by the Rev Ralph Parkinson Linfield MA of Queens College, Oxford and surrogate.
The Earl of Derby is the chief landowner. The area of the township is 2,553 acres; rateable value £61,748. The population in 1891 was 12,589 of which 12,151 are in the borough."

Bury Archives Service hold census returns for Elton 1801, for later census returns see Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Elton/census.html
and Genuki Elton at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Elton/

All Saints Church of England, Walshaw Rd, Elton, Bury
Website: http://www.allsaintsbury.co.uk/

All Saints Church was consecrated in 1843 and the original building closed in October 2000.
Now a new Church is being planned details are on the website - St Francis House Church, Throstle Grove, Bury BL8 1EB

Start of Marriages 1844

St Stephen's Church of England, Bolton Road, Elton, Bury BL8 2PU
See website: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ststephenelton

The foundation stone for St Stephen's was laid on 23 June 1880 and the Church was consecrated on 22 May 1882.

Start of Marriages 1884

Christ Church Church of England, High St, Walshaw, Bury BL8 3AG
built 1888

 

first 2 photos displayed with kind permission of Alexander P Kapp

Start of Marriages 1892

Walshaw Lane Wesleyan Methodist Church
erected in 1843

Four Lane Ends Congregational, ?Harwood Rd, in the region of BL8 3PT

 
photos displayed with kind permission of Alexander P Kapp

Anglican? Mission Chapel, Walshaw 

Mount Pleasant Chapel, later known as Wood St Methodist Church, Wood St, Elton

Wellington St Primitive Methodist, Elton

Roman Catholic

Our Lady of Good Counsel and the Guardian Angels (Guardian Angels), Harvey St, Elton, Bury BL8 2RD
In 1880 land on Walshaw Rd, Elton was leased and work began on a school/chapel. 
In 1886, the first Priest was appointed and the first Mass said on 30 Jan 1887 at a temporary chapel in the old temperance hall at Woolfold.
The school chapel opened in 1887, but was soon replaced by a larger Church next to the school which was known as the iron chapel due to its iron covering.
This "temporary" building lasted 70 years and was replaced in 1957 by the present church on Harvey Street. The registers from ca 1888 are still with the Parish Priest.
See website http://www.btinternet.com/~olgcga/