St John the Baptist, Godley, Church of England

The church has/had a graveyard.

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It was founded in 1847.

High Street/Sheffield Road. 

Church History

Built in 1847 as the district church for the township of Godley and part of the township of Newton (previously served by Mottram In Longdendale: St. Michael and Newton in Mottram: St. Mary). The boundaries of "The District of Godley cum Newton Green" were described in the London Gazette on 7 May 1847: 

"All that part of the parish of Mottram in Longdendale, in the county and diocese of Chester, comprised within the township of Godley, in the said parish, and such part of the township of Newton, in the same parish, as is situate on the south eastern side of that part of Hall Bottom Brook flowing wesward of the line of railway called 'the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway,' and on the south western side of the said line of railway, extending from the said brook, to its junction with the township of Godley. 

The district was affected by the following boundary change: 

• 1966 June 9 — reduced when part of the village of Hattersley was transferred to Hattersley: St. Barnabas. 

 

Church Records

C = Christenings (Baptisms) ; M = Marriages ; B = Burials ; BTs = Bishop's Transcripts 

Original Registers	C 1847-1909 ; M 1850-1963 ; B 1850-1906 — Cheshire Archives (P 153) C from 1909 ; M from 1964 ; B from 1907 — Church
Microfilm Copies	C 1847-1909 ; M 1850-1948 ; B 1850-1906 — Cheshire Archives
Bishop's Transcripts	1847-1872 (microfilmed) — Cheshire Archives
Copies and Indexes	M 1850-1970 — Cheshire BMD (TA:CE25)

It is located at SJ9580495338 (Lat/Lon 53.45478, -2.064662). You can see this on maps provided by:

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