The Parish of St. Thomas, Werneth

Records and Registers

Are you trying to trace an ancestor? Trying to conduct research into your family's history? Or just interested in genealogy?

This web page may be able to help you.

Note that most of our records and registers relate to the parish - a specific geographical area within Oldham.

Note that some of these registers have now been digitized. Click here to search them at familysearch.org.

Held in Manchester Central Library:

This information is held in Manchester City Council Archives and Local History.

Registers

Parish Documents

(This is cut and pasted from the listing at Greater Manchester Lives .)

Held in Oldham Local Studies and Archives: Parish Records:

• Baptisms (Bishop's Transcripts) 1847-1854

(This is cut and pasted from the listing at Oldham Council Local Studies and Archives.)

Held in St. Thomas' Church

Other, more recent records are likley to be held in the parish.

Please Contact the church to make an appointment or enquiry.

Please ensure that you have read the above information before making an enquiry.

If your enquiry relates to a more recent date, you will need to give the approximate date of a baptism.

War Memorials

The church has War Memorials. Follow the links to find photographs out more:

Fees

The fee for a copy of a Baptism Certificate is £18 (2024).

From May 2021, Church of England Parishes are no longer allowed to issue Marriage Certificates. Instead you must apply to Oldham Council Registrar.

All fees are set nationally by the Church of England.