Manchester Central Library
Manchester School Records
Access Arrangements p.2
Manchester Education Committee pp. 3-4
Survival and Transfer of Records p.5
Document Descriptions pp.6-7
Schools Name Index pp. 7-29
Revised April 2015
1 Access Arrangements
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Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 for Manchester schools are now available as part of the Manchester Collection on findmypast.co.uk. Free access is available at any Manchester City Council library.
The collection is completely free to use from any Manchester City Council library computer. Access to the index is free from any computer but access to images from home is by credit or subscription.
The majority of pre-1925 admission registers have been microfilmed and these can be accessed at Manchester Central Library – no prior booking required.
2 Manchester Education Committee
Prior to 1870 school provision was provided on an ad hoc basis by religious, voluntary institutions and private fee paying schools. Britain was very slow to introduce state controlled education in comparison to the rest of Europe. The 1870 Education Act was not meant to introduce sweeping changes to the established system rather it was meant to monitor the provision of education in each area and if necessary build and maintain schools from the rates where there was provision shortfall.
The country was divided in 2500 School Districts and Manchester School Board was established in 1870 with local rate payers elected members onto the School Board. The 1870 Act allowed for women to be voted onto the School Boards and in Manchester Lydia Becker was voted on the School Board where she served from 1870 until her death in 1890. Lydia as a suffragist took a strong interest in improving the education of girls in the city. Becker criticised the domestic education of girls in Manchester's schools saying 'If she had her way, every boy in Manchester would be taught to mend his own socks and cook his own chops'.
The large number of voluntary schools that existed in Manchester in 1870 were largely pronounced efficient by HMIs and it was not until 1875 that the School Board took over its first two schools - Sharp Street Ragged School and St. Matthew's School, Byrom Street [M66/14]. The School Boards first new school was built on Every Street in 1876 [M66/29]. By the end of 1902 the School Board had built 40 new schools, taken over a further 26 and supervised 89 non-provided schools.
Under its first chairman, Herbert Birley, the School Board was also involved in the provision of education over and above elementary level. By 1903 there were 6 Higher Grade and Science Schools with the largest and most esteemed being the Central School, which opened in Deansgate in 1884.
The School Board began an exhibition fund in 1875 to enable poorer children to attend Higher Grade Schools and in 1891 it was decided that any child passing standard VI would be eligible for support.
Further education provision was made for working people to study in the evenings with Evening Continuation Schools, Science and Art Evening Schools and Commercial Evening Schools. The cause of Women's education was also espoused and eight Evening Institutions for Women and Girls were built between 1891 and 1902.
3 The voluntary schools largely represented Christian denominations but there were insufficient school places for the increasing Jewish population. A Jewish school was opened by the School Board at Southall Street, Strangeways [M66/82] and as the community increased a second school was built at Waterloo Road, Cheetham [M66/91].
Two schools were established for children with special educational needs at Embden Street [M66/28] and Hague Street, Newton Heath [M66/122] through the influence of Mary Deny who had been elected to the School Board in 1896. In later years these specialist departments were set up else where and were often known as ESN [Educationally Sub-Normal] Schools or later special schools.
The quality of teaching in Manchester schools was improved by the creation of Pupil- Teacher Centres. It is common in log books to find references to the visit and placement of student/pupil teachers.
Manchester City Council has been a Local Education Authority since 1903, when under the 1902 Education Act it became responsible for the provision of elementary education in the City. The Act also charged local authorities with the development of education other than elementary. The Education Committee, appointed by the City Council and composed of council members and co-opted persons, assumed the functions of the existing School Board and the Council's existing Technical Instruction Committee on the 1 July 1903. It was to supervise the running of the Board School, and to a lesser extent, the running of the existing voluntary schools.
The transition from School Board to education Committee was smooth. The Education committee took over the ethos of the School Board, particularly in the provision of secondary schooling with Lady Sheena Simon, Director of the Education Committee as one of the chief advocates of free secondary education in the 1930s. In addition the Education Committee continued to provide for a variety of educational needs. Delicate or sick children were often catered for in schools outside the City, for example Mobberley Open Air School [M66/46] and Abergele Sanatorium School [M66/2].
The Education Committee presided over various reorganistions of schools in Manchester. Breaks in the series of records are found in 1910, when Higher Elementary Schools were reorganised as Central Schools and again when schools were reorganised following the publication of the Hadow Report in 1926. Whereas previously children had often received their compulsory education between the ages of 5 and 14 in a single school the report envisaged separate schools for children over 11. Changes to the nature of secondary schools following the 1944 Education Act, however, are not indicated by a new series of records. Circular 10/65, which encouraged LEAs to move to non-selective secondary education, was followed in Manchester with the creation of comprehensive schools.
4 After local government reorganisation in 1974 the City of Manchester became a Metropolitan District of Greater Manchester County. The Education officer of the District kept the same jurisdiction as the former City Council's Chief Education Officer. The Greater Manchester County was abolished in 1986 and the Education Department of Manchester City Council continued to have overall responsibility for the organisation of schools in the area. The Education Acts of 1980s saw some LEA responsibilities for the management of schools devolve to governors and head teachers. As a result new classes of records, such as annual reports and financial statements, were created.
5 Survival and transferral of records
There has never been a legal requirement for schools to permanently retain non- current records. Administrative Memorandum No. 531, 1956 stated that admission registers, attendance registers and punishment books should be kept for three years after completion and that log books should be kept for the duration of the school's existence. If a school is still currently operational it should still hold its own records. At the Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives) we hold records of closed Manchester schools. Although it is common practice for head teachers to transfer records to the Chief Education Officer on the closure of the school, this has not always been the case in the past. The Education Department has passed all the records that it has received to us.
For contact details of schools currently operating in Manchester see: http://www.manchester.gov.uk/directory/84/school_finder
Unfortunately no admission records survive for the various teacher training colleges administered by the Manchester Education Committee. Manchester Central Library has prospectuses of the Elizabeth Gaskell College, 1960-61, 1966-1977 (347.942733 MAN (207) and a pamphlet on the history of the college, 1971 (f374.09273 EL1). They also hold Alfred Harris Body's 'Silver Jubilee: the Story of Didsbury College', 1970 (370.734273 Bo).
6 Document Descriptions
Log Books:
The keeping of a school log book or diary was first instituted in 1862. The log book was to be kept by the Headmaster or mistress of the school and was to contain details of events at the school especially those worthy of permanent record in the life of a school. What is recorded in a log book and the amount of detail given is very much dependent on the particular head teacher at the time. In general the log book normally records the appointment and absences of teachers, visits made to the school by such people as the HMI inspectors, student teachers etc, school trips and outings, changes in curriculum, school building or school name etc. It is very rare that individual children are mentioned by name. Where children are mentioned it is generally because a child has either excelled, won an award or scholarship etc or they have been sent to the head for discipline matters, those who have ended up in court for juvenile offences etc.
Admission Registers:
Admission registers are compiled at the time of a child's admission to a school. They record a pupils name, date of birth, address, date of admission and leaving often also included is a parents name and standard reached before leaving. The majority of admission registers have an index at the front of the volume which makes them easy to search. In the M66 collection the dates given for the admission register are the dates of children's admission to the school not their birth dates. Admission registers for technical institutes often include much more information on individual pupils but often are not indexed. Attendance registers have only been kept where admission registers have not survived.
Registers of Summaries:
Registers of summaries give statistical summaries of numbers in attendance at the school on a weekly basis and a yearly overview of the figures. They do not mention individual pupils by name.
Punishment Books:
7 Corporal punishment was banned by parliament in state schools in 1987. Therefore since this date there has been no creation of punishment books. The punishment book records the date, name of offender, their offence, date of punishment, details of what the punishment was, the teachers signature and any other remarks. As these items contain sensitive information about individuals they are access restricted for 100 years. Please ask the archivist for details. Occasionally certificate books have survived in which it is recorded which teachers have been given authority to administer corporal punishment.
Individual Pupil Records & Examination Results:
Unfortunately, we do not hold such records here. You will need to contact the relevant examination boards who you sat the exams with in order to check whether or not they can provide you with copies of your certificates. (Please note that there may be a charge for this service).
As you may already know, several of the examination boards for GCSE/A-Level qualifications have merged to form new boards in recent years and so you need to be aware of this when tracing your certificates. The current examination boards for England and Wales are as follows:
AQA (Assessment and Qualifications Alliance), formerly AEB, SEG and NEAB http://www.aqa.org.uk/
OCR (Oxford, Cambridge and RSA), formerly UCLES and RSA. OCR http://www.ocr.org.uk
EDEXCEL formerly ULEAC and BTEC http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/home.html
WJEC / CBAC (Welsh Joint Education Committee) http://www.wjec.co.uk
City and Guilds http://www.city-and-guilds.co.uk
Accident Books:
8 Both staff and pupils used accident books. They record the date, name of person involved in the accident, name of person making the entry, date of accident, nature of accident and any injuries sustained. As these items contain sensitive information about individuals they are access restricted for 100 years. Please ask the archivist for details.
Staff Registers/Staff Books:
Staff registers contain details of staff employed at individual school. The registers give name and address of the teacher, date of birth, type of teaching qualification, name of institution awarding qualification, date of qualification, date on which engaged at the school, last school employed, at where they were formally pupil teachers, date of leaving the school. The dates given in the M66 list are the dates at which the teachers were employment at the school.
HMI Reports:
Inspection was made a condition of grant-aid in 1839. In their report Inspectors wrote their impressions of school visits. Often these reports were copied and later pasted into the log book.
Therefore if you are particularly interested in one school but no loose HMI reports are listed then consult the log book. Inspectors could, and did, comment on a wide range of aspects concerning education: school attendance, the curriculum followed, the quality of teaching, whether pupils turned up regularly or not and any problems with the school building etc.
9 Manchester Schools Name Index
This index has been compiled to help our users find School Records. Included in this index are all the Manchester City Closed Schools in the M66 collection and the majority of Church Schools for which we hold records. This is not an exhaustive list of all the schools that were operational in Manchester or the Diocese. It was not a legal obligation for schools to keep their records and therefore we do not have records for some schools. The list is also not comprehensive with regard to Church School records. Only those where the collection contains substantial items such as Managers/Trustees Minutes, Log Books, Admission Registers etc. have they been included. The list does not include Sunday Schools.
Please click on the “RefNo” to view the full catalogue entry or consult the paper catalogue at Manchester Central Library.
Name of School RefNo
Abbey Hey, Gorton M66/96
Abbot Street, Rochdale Road, Collyhurst M66/1
Abergele Chest Hospital M66/2
Abergele Sanatorium M66/2
Albert Memorial, Collyhurst M66/125
Albert Memorial Primary, Collyhurst M66/125
Albert Memorial, Collyhurst M140 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
All Saints, York Street, Chorlton upon Medlock M66/3
All Saints C of E, Elton L171/8
All Saints C of E, Heaton Norris L209/4
All Saints C of E, Newton Heath M362/7
All Saints C of E, Northmoor, Oldham L157/8
All Saints C of E, Stretford L125/6
All Saints C of E, West Gorton M434/4
All Souls C of E, Ancoats/Beswick M66/153
Alma Park Central, Levenshulme M66/4
10 Altrincham and Bowdon Wesleyan C18/10/3
Apollo Street, Miles Platting M66/5
Apollo Street, St George C of E M66/60
Ardwick Central, Devonshire Street M66/22
Ardwick Green Industrial M369/2
Admission registers for Ardwick Green Industrial 1866-1912 and the Discharge Register 1896-1906 are available on Findmypast.)
Ardwick Higher Grade M66/22 & M66/70
Ardwick Municipal M66/70
Ardwick Nursery M15
Ardwick Secondary Girls M66/22
Ardwick Secondary Technical M66/22
Ardwick Technical High M66/22
Armitage Street M66/6 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
Armitage County Primary M66/6
Ashton New Road, St Cross, Clayton M66/59
Ashton Old Road, Openshaw M66/7
Ashton Old Road, St Silas, Ardwick M66/74
Atherton Street, Deansgate M66/8
Bangor Street, Hulme M66/9
Bangor Street/Embden Street, Hulme Continuation Day M66/182
Barlow Hall County Secondary, Darley Avenue, Withington M66/168
Barlow Road, St Mark Primary, Levenshulme M66/132
Barnes Home Industrial, Heaton Mersey M369/3
Barrack Street, Hulme/Cornbrook M66/157 11
Barrowhill Road, St Thomas Becket R.C. Primary, Cheetham M66/160
Bedford Street (Broughton Road), Greengate, Salford L16/6
Belper Mill – Transferred to Derbyshire Record Office Admissions Registers 1818-1880 available on microfilm MF 3098-3099
Bengal Street, St Peter, Ancoats M66/73
Bennett Street, St Paul, New Cross M66/72
Birchfields, Rusholme M66/10
Birley High, Chichester Road, Hulme M66/171
Birley Street, Beswick M66/11 & M709 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
Birley Street Central M66/11
Bishop Green High, Taylor Street, Gorton M66/154
Blackley Municipal M66/23
Blackley National M441/7
Blackley Secondary M66/23
Blackley Secondary Technical M66/23
Blackley Senior Boys M66/23
Blackley Wesleyan Day M66/23
Bollin County Primary M66/84
Bostock Hall Residential, Middlewich M66/138
Bostock Hall E.S.N. Residential, Middlewich M66/138
Boundary Street West, Chorlton upon Medlock M66/15
Bradford Grange, Bradford M66/139
Bradford Grange E.S.N., Bradford M66/139
Briscoe Lane M66/128
12 Broadbottom Camp M66/152
Brook Street, Bradford M66/52
Brookdale Park, Moston M66/128 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
‘Brookfield’, Manchester Remand Home for Boys, Cheadle M579
Brookway High School, Baguley M66/189
Burgess Primary School, Monsall Road, Harpurhey M66/190
Burgess Street, Harpurhey M66/12
Burnage High M66/166
Bury New Road, (Sabrina Street) Cheetham M66/13
Buxton Street Infants MISC/1064
Byrom Street, Deansgate M66/14
Calderbrook, St James L222/4/2
Cambrian County Primary, Beswick M66/141
Cambrian Infants and Junior, Beswick M66/141
Cambrian, Beswick M66/142
Cambrian Unit, Beswick M66/142
Canal Street Wesleyan L10/11
Carlton, Greenheys M66/28
Cavendish, Boundary Street West, Chorlton-on-Medlock M66/15
Cavendish Road Primary School, West Didsbury M66/186
Cavendish Senior, All Saints M66/177
Cavendish Street Chapel (formerly Mosley Street) M162
Central High for Boys M66/24
Central High for Girls M66/175
13 Chapman Street, Hulme M66/88 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
Charlestown County Primary M66/169
Charter Street Ragged School GB124.G25
Cheetham County Secondary M66/34
Cheetham District Central M66/34
Cheetham Higher Elementary M66/34
Cheetham Higher Grade M66/34
Cheetham Hill Road, Cheetham M66/126
Cheetham Municipal Special M66/106
Cheetwood County Primary, Cheetham M66/91
Cheetwood Junior and Infants, Cheetham M66/91 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
Chester Street, Ardwick M66/16 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
Chichester Road, Birley High, Hulme M66/171
Chisworth Camp M66/152
Chorlton Technical High, Nicholas Road M66/107
Christ Church, Barrack Street, Hulme/Cornbrook M66/157
Christ Church, Church Street, Bradford M66/17
Christ Church, Bradford M190/1/18
Christ Church, Denton L220/4
Christ Church C of E, Heaton Norris C23/8
Christ Church C.of E. Rochdale Road, Harpurhey M66/129
Church Street, Bradford M66/17
City Road, Hulme M66/18
14 City Road, St George, Hulme M66/158
City Road, St Stephen, Hulme M66/75
Claremont Road, Moss Side M66/98
Claremont Secondary for Girls, Moss Side M66/98
Clarendon Road, Higher Crumpsall M66/19
Clarendon Road, St Chrysostom, Chorlton–on-Medlock M66/58
Clarendon Street, St Chrysostom, Chorlton-on-Medlock M66/58
Clayton Girls Secondary, Clayton M66/134
Clough Top County Secondary, Blackley M66/104
College of Adult Education M765
Collyhurst Road, County Primary M66/20
Collyhurst Road, St Catherine M66/57
Compstall Camp M66/152
Cornbrook Primary, Barrack Street, Hulme/Cornbrook M66/157
Cornwall Street, Openshaw M66/89
Country, Knoll Green M66/46
Crab Lane, Higher Blackley M66/21
Crumpsall Board M66/19
Crumpsall Lane Junior School: Class of 1937 Newsletter MISC/1089
Crumpsall Open Air M66/159
Crumpsall St. Thomas M438/8
Culcheth Municipal, Newton Heath M66/128
Darley Avenue, Barlow Hall County Secondary, Withington M66/168
David Lewis Epileptic Colony, Warford, Cheshire M66/140
Derby Street, Cheetham M66/126 15
Devonshire Street, Ardwick M66/22
Dob Lane British Day, Failsworth L71
Dob Lane, Newton Heath M66/101
Domestic Mission, Tomlison Street M66/28
Domett St, Blackley M66/23
Dover Street, Holy Name R.C., Chorlton-on Medlock M66/108
Dr. Rhodes Home, West Didsbury M66/161
Drayton Street, St Mary, Hulme M66/68
Ducie-Central High M66/24
Ducie Street Central High M66/24
Ducie High M66/24
Ducie Technical High for Boys M66/24 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
Duice Technical High for Girls M66/24
Duke Street, Hulme M66/25
Eagle Street, Chorlton-on Medlock M66/26
Edgeside Holme National, Edgeside L80
Edward Street Wesleyan, Lower Broughton L16/5
Elizabeth Street, Ancoats M66/56
Ellen Wilkinson High M66/176
Elm Street Wesleyan M60/4/4
Elysian Street, Openshaw M66/27
Emmanuel C of E, Cannon St, Bolton M66/108
Embden Street, Greenheys M66/28
Embden Street/ Bangor Street, Hulme Continuation Day M66/182 16
Embden Street ESN, Sharston M66/28
Every Street, Ancoats M66/29
Ewing School, Didsbury M751
Failsworth Wesleyan, Oldham Road M80/7/4
Fawn Street, St Alban R. C. Secondary, Ancoats M66/103
Forest Street, Collyhurst M66/120
Forest Street, Collyhurst M66/120 &M228/1/11
Foundry Street Primitave Methodists, Dukinfield C12/3
Frank Hatton Hostel M66/167
Gartside Street, St John, Deansgate M66/64
Gaythorn County Primary, Hulme M66/25 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
George Leigh Street Municipal, Ancoats M66/123
George Leigh Street Primary, Ancoats M66/123
George Leigh Street, St Michael R.C., Ancoats M66/133
Gersham Secondary, Bradford M66/38
Glossop Wesleyan O5
Gorton C of E, Taylor Street, Gorton M66/154
Gorton Mount M66/136
Gorton Street, Collyhurst M66/120
Gorton Street, Collyhurst M66/120 & M228/1/12
Granby Row, London Road M66/30
Grange Street, Bradford M66/31
Grange Street Boys County Secondary, Bradford M66/31
Grange Street County Primary, Bradford M66/31 17
Grange Street Special, Bradford M66/139
Gravel Lane Wesleyan L16/2
Greengate Camp M66/152
Greenheys County Primary, Moss Side M66/155
Grosvenor Street Wesleyan, Ardwick M66/42
Great Moreton Hall ESN, Congleton M66/143
Great Moreton Hall Residential, Congleton M66/143
Greenmount County Secondary, Harpurhey M66/163
Grey Mare Lane, Openshaw M66/32
Hague Street, Newton Heath M66/122
Hague Street Primary, Newton Heath M66/122 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
Halliwell Street, Cheetham M66/126
Hammer Street, Hulme M66/41
Hampden Street, Ardwick M66/55
Handicraft Centres [see also individuals schools] M66/162
Harpurhey High for Girls M66/163
Harpurhey Special, Harpurhey M66/144
Harpurhey Special ESN Nursery Unit M66/149
Harpurhey Technical High for Girls M66/163
Harpurhey Wesleyan Chapel, Rochdale Road/Beech Mount M80/5/5
Hatter Street, St Joseph R.C., Ancoats M66/105
Heald Place, Rusholme M66/33
Heath Street, Cheetham M66/34 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
18 Herbert Street, St John, Cheetham M66/63
Hewitt Street, Deansgate M66/8
High School of Art, Southall Street, Cheetham M66/174
Higher Blackley, Crab Lane M66/21
Higher Heys Camp M66/152
Higher Openshaw Secondary Modern M66/89
Higher Ormond Street Central M66/35
Higher Temple Street, St Paul, Chorltom-on-Medlock M66/71 & M100/2
Hillkirk Street, All Souls C of E, Beswick M66/153
Holland Street, Miles Platting M66/36 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
Holy Innocents C of E, Fallowfield M537/6
Holy Name R.C., Dover Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock M66/108
Holy Trinity, Kenyon Street, Ashton-under-Lyne L188/5
Holy Trinity C of E, Blackley M402/4
Holy Trinity, Coldhurst, Oldham L180/7
Holy Trinity, Platt, Rusholme M66/97 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
Hulme Continuation Day Embden Street/ Bangor Street M66/182
Hulme Operatives Day M66/41
Hyde Road, Gorton M66/37
Johnson Street, Bradford M66/38
Joynson Street, Strangeways M66/39
Jubliee Girls, Strangeways M41
Kirkmanshulme County Primary M66/83
Ladybarn Girls Secondary, Parrs Wood Road North, Withington M66/100 19
Ladybarn (Temporary) School M66/185
Lancasterian Special, West Didsbury M66/109
Lees Street, Openshaw M66/32 & M66/40
Lees Street Congregational Church, Openshaw M66/95
Little Newton Street, St James the Less M66/61
Lloyd Street, Hulme M66/41
Longsight Wesleyan Day M66/54
Ludworth Camp M66/152
Lyme Handley Camp M66/152
Malpas Street, Gorton M66/86
Manchester Central Board for Hebrew Education & Talmud Torah M421
Manchester Certified Industrial M369/2
Manchester City Council Education Department M428
Manchester Commercial M94
Manchester Education Committee Holiday Camps M66/152
Manchester Grammar School (withdrawn by Manchester Grammar School – contact http://www.mgsglobal.org/accessing-the-mgs-archive)
Manchester Grange Street Special, Bradford M66/139
Manchester High School for Girls – Records held at school. Contact Dr. Christine Joy, School Archivist (0161 249 2267 or [email protected])
Manchester Jews School, Cheetham M66/126 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
Manchester Remand Home for Boys, Rose Hill, Northenden M579
Manchester Residential for Crippled Children M66/161
Manchester Royal Residential for the Deaf M437
20 Manchester School Camps Association M111
Manchester School Board M65
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway M66/89
Manchester Talmud Torah M421
Mansfield Street, Ardwick M66/42
Margaret Ashton Sixth Form College, Harpurhey M66/163
Margaret Barclay, Mobberly M66/161
Martenscroft County Primary, Poynton Close, Hulme M66/28
Mayfield Infants, Buxton Street MISC/1064
Marshall Street, Oldham Road M66/43
Mechanical Institution, Openshaw M66/7
Medlock County Secondary, Ardwick M66/42
Medlock Valley High School, Palmerston Street, Ancoats M66/192
Miles Platting Adult Centre M66/36
Miles Platting Secondary Modern M66/36
Mill Street Day Industrial, Ancoats M66/45
Miss Alsop’s, Blackley M441/7
Mobberley Open Air, Knoll Green M66/46
Mobberley Approved Boys, Knoll Green (Access is restricted to the records of this home. Please email [email protected] with your enquiry.)
Monmouth Street, Rusholme M66/33
Moor Road, The Park Special, Baguley M66/146
Moseley Road, Ladybarn M66/44
Moseley Road, Fallowfield M66/47
Moston British M80/3/5 21
Moston St. Mary M794/4
Mount Carmel R.C., Shepherd Street, Harpurhey M66/110
Mulberry Street, Hulme M66/48
Muldeth Road, Ladybarn M66/44
Nansen Street, Beswick/Ardwick M66/145
Nelson Street, Miles Platting M66/124 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
New Moston, Moston Lane East M66/99
Newton Heath Junior Technical M66/135
Newton Heath Wesleyan M66/69
Newton Heath Wesleyan, Oldham Road M60/1/5
Nicholas Road, Chorlton Technical High M66/107
Nicholls Ardwick High M66/22
Nicholls Secondary Boys M66/22
North Ardwick County Primary M66/16
North Hulme Secondary M66/18
North Hulme Secondary for Boys M66/18
North Manchester Grammar, Girls M64
North Manchester High School for Boys, Moston M66/188
North Manchester High School for Girls, Moston M66/187
Northenden Road Girls Industrial, Sale M369/4
North Ridge High School, Palmerston Street, Ancoats M66/194
Oldham Road, St George C of E M66/60
Oldham Road Board M66/69
Oldham Road, St Peter, Ancoats M66/73 22
Open Air for Delicate Boys M66/46
Openshaw C of E, South Street M66/49
Openshaw Junior Technical M66/111
Openshaw Ragged School M783
Openshaw Secondary Technical M66/111
Openshaw Technical High, Gorton Road M66/111 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
Openshaw Wesleyan Day M66/32
Parish of the Apostles, Manchester M299
Parkfield Residential M66/178
Parklands High School, Simonsway, Wythenshawe M66/195
Park Special, Moor Road, Baguley M66/146
Parrs Wood Road North, Withington M66/100
Peacock Street, Gorton M66/165
Philips Park Road, St Mary, Beswick M66/67
Philips Park Secondary Modern M66/52
Portland Grove, Fallowfield M66/50
Pott Shrigley Camp M66/152
Pottery Lane, Openshaw M66/7
Poynton Close, Martenscroft County Primary, Hulme M66/28
Princess Road, Moss Side M66/51 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
Queens Park (First), Collyhurst M66/179
Queen Street, Deansgate M66/8
Queen Street, Bradford M66/52
23 Queen Street County Primary, Bradford M66/52
Radnor Street Wesleyan, Hulme M66/9
Ravensbury Street, Clayton M66/53
Ravensbury Secondary Boys, Clayton M66/53
Renshaw Street, St John the Baptist, Hulme M66/65
Ribble Lodge Residential Home M66/173
Richmond Grove East, Longsight M66/54
Riverside ESN, Chorlton-cum-Hardy M66/147
Rochdale Road Temporary, Collyhurst M66/1
Rochdale Road, Christ Church C.of E., Harpurhey M66/129
Rose Hill, Manchester Remand Home for Boys, Northenden M579
Ross Place, Hampden Street, Ardwick M66/55 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
Roundwood High School, Roundwood Road, Northenden M66/193
Rowarth Camp M66/152
Rusholme Secondary for Boys M66/33
Rutland Street, St Luke, Chorlton-on-Medlock M66/66 & M100/1
Rutland Street, St Wilfrid R.C., Hulme M66/121
Ryder Brow M66/136
St Agne C of E, Rusholme M66/180
St Alban R.C. Secondary, Fawn Street, Ancoats M66/103 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
St Aloysius R.C., Ardwick M66/112
St Andrew C of E, Ancoats M45/5
St Andrew C of E, Blackley M414/2
St Andrew, Higher Blackley M66/21 24
St Andrew C of E, Middleton Road, Oldham L194/8
St Anne C of E, Hindsford L214/4
St Anne C of E, Lydgate O11/4
St Anne Secondary C.of E., Newton Heath M66/130
St Anne C of E, Newton Heath M148/2
St Anne R. C., Newton Heath M66/113
St Anne C of E, Turton L98/4
St Barnabas, Elizabeth Street, Ancoats M66/56
St Barnabas National, Ancoats M66/56
St Barnabas National, Openshaw M66/49
St Barnabas C of E, Openshaw M389/7
St Bartholomew C of E, Westhoughton L122/8-11
St Bride C of E, Old Trafford L129/6
St Bridgid R.C., Bradford M66/114
St Catherine C of E, Barton Upon Irwell L37/25-30
St Catherine C of E, Collyhurst Road, Collyhurst M66/57
St Chad R.C., Stock Street, Cheetham M66/115
St Chrysostom C of E, Clarendon Road M66/58
St Clement C of E, Chorlton-cun-Hardy M342/6
St Clement C of E, Longsight M66/116
St Clement C of E, Urmston L135/8
St Cross C of E, Ashton New Road, Clayton M66/59
St Cross C of E, Clayton M458/4
St Edmund R.C., Miles Platting M66/117
25 St George, City Road, Hulme M66/158
St George C of E, Oldham Road/Apollo Street M66/60
St George C of E, Oldham Road, Manchester M364/4
St George, Gorton M66/96
St George C of E, Hulme M383/6
St George C of E, Stalybridge L63/1/4 & L63/2/4
St Gregory Central M66/183
St Ignatius R.C. Girls Secondary, Greenheys M66/148
St James the Apostle, Ashton-under-Lyne L163/7
St James C of E, Ashworth L101/6
St James C of E, Birch M315/6
St James C of E, Waterloo Street, Bolton L116/5
St James C of E, Calderbrook L222/4
St James C of E, Collyhurst M66/151 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
St James C of E, Gorton M432/6
St James C of E, Heywood L170/6
St James the Less, Little Newton Street M66/61
St James, Hope, Pendleton L115/7
St James C of E, Waterfoot L81/4
St James C of E, Daisy Hill, Westhoughton L128/6
St John the Evangelist C of E, Bacup L102/6
St John C of E, Baguley M66/62
St John C of E, Baguley L279/3
St John C of E, Bury L110/4 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast 26
St John C of E, Herbert Street, Cheetham M66/63
St John, Gartside Street, Deansgate M66/64
St John the Baptist, Renshaw Street, Hulme M66/65
St Joseph R.C., Hatter Street, Ancoats M66/105
St Jude’s C of E, Ancoats M66/184
St Lawrence R.C., Cornbrook M66/156
St Lawrence C of E, Denton L204/4
St Luke, Cheetham M66/63
St Luke C of E, Cheetham M339/5
St Luke, Rutland Street, Chorltom-on-Medlock M66/66 & M100/1
St Luke, C of E, Heywood L88/8
St Luke C of E, Miles Platting M366/4
St Luke National, Miles Platting M66/127
St Margaret, Holyrood, Prestwich L120/4
St Margaret C. of E., Withington Road, Whalley Range M66/131
St Mark C of E, Cheetham M387/6
St Mark C. of E., Gorton M66/118
St Mark Primary, Barlow Road, Levenshulme M66/132
St Mark C. of E., Miles Platting M66/119
St Mark with Christ Church C of E, Glodwick, Oldham L47/1/17-22 & L47/2/19
St Mark C of E, Heyside, Royton L205/4
St Martin C of E, Castleton Moor L67/5
St Mary C of E, Beswick M280/4
St Mary, Philips Park Road, Beswick M66/67
27 St Mary C of E Primary, Birch L70/3
St Mary C of E, Deane L85/6
St Mary and All Saints C of E, Goodshaw L82/7
St Mary (Branch), Drayton Street, Hulme M66/68
St Mary C of E, Eccles L49/8
St Mary Road, Newton Heath M66/69
St Mary C of E, Moston M794/4
St Mary C of E, Oldham L185
St Matthew, Ardwick M66/22 & M66/70
St Matthew, Bolton L123/6
St Matthew, Campfield, Deansgate M66/8
St Matthew, Campfield M403/7/10-11
St Matthew, Byrom Street M66/14
St Matthew C of E, Little Lever L207/6
St Matthew C of E, Stretford L89/7
St Michael R.C., George Leigh Street, Ancoats M66/133 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
St Michael C of E, Lumb L104/4
St Oswald C. of E. Primary, Collyhurst M66/120 & M228/1 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
St Paul, Bennett Street, New Cross M66/72
St Paul C of E, Halliwell L134/6
St Paul, Higher Temple Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock M66/71 & M100/2 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
St Peter, (Oldham Road), Bengal Street, Ancoats M66/73
St Peter C of E, Blackley M441/7
28 St Peter C of E, Bury L114
St Peter C of E, Levenshulme M786/4
St Philip, Hulme M320 Surviving admission registers c.1864-c.1916 on Findmypast
St Saviour C of E, Ringley L103/7
St Silas, Ashton Old Road, Ardwick M66/74
St Simon and St Jude C of E, Great Lever L127/8
St Stephen, City Road, Hulme M66/75
St Stephen, Elton L111/6
St Stephen C of E, Stockport Road M66/170
St. Thomas, Ardwick M66/137 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
St Thomas C of E, Ardwick M273/6
St Thomas Becket R.C. Primary, Barrowhill Road, Cheetham M66/160
St Thomas National, Farnworth L150/4
St Thomas, Halliwell L144/7
St Thomas, C of E Heaton Chapel, C24/5 [Formerly St Thomas Heaton Norris]
St Thomas, Stanley Street, Red Bank M66/76
St Wilfrid R.C., Rutland Street, Hulme M66/121
St Wilfred C of E, Newton Heath M178/8
Sabrina Street, Cheetham M66/13
Salem British Board, Bury New Road M66/13
Salem Methodist New Connexion Day, Strangeways M66/82
Saville Street M66/77
School Lane, Didsbury M66/78
29 School Psychological Service Unit, Beswick M66/142
Secondary of Art, Cheetham M66/174
Seymour Road Girls, Clayton M66/134
Shadow Moss C of E, Northen Etchells M66/172
Shakespeare Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock M66/102
Shakespeare Street for the Blind, Chorltom-on-Medlock M66/79
Sharp Street Ragged School M811
Sharston, Embden Street ESN M66/28
Sharston, Stancliffe Road, Wythenshawe M66/80
Shepherd Street, Mount Carmel R.C., Harpurhey M66/110
Smedley Bank Special M66/106
Smedley Road, Cheetham M66/81
Smedley Secondary, Cheetham M66/81
Soss Moss Residential, Nether Alderley, Macclesfield M66/140
South Hulme County Secondary for Boys M66/9
South Hulme Senior Boys M66/9
South Hulme Secondary Modern M66/88 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
South Hulme Senior for Girls M66/88
South Street, Openshaw M66/49
Southhall Street, Strangeways M66/82 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
Southall Street, High of Art, Cheetham M66/174
Spurley Hey High M66/136
Spurley Hey Senior M66/136
Stancliffe Road, Sharston, Wythenshawe M66/80 30
Stanley Grove, Longsight M66/83
Stanley Street, St Thomas, Red Bank M66/76
Stockport Road, St Stephens C of E M66/170
Stock Street, St Chad R.C., Cheetham M66/115
Stonewell Memorial C of E, Eccles New Road, Salford L73/4
Stretford Wesleyan, Edge Lane M470
Strines Camp M66/152
Styal Cottage Homes School, Cheshire M66/84 (Access is restricted to admission registers for this home. Please contact [email protected] with your enquiry.)
Stowell Memorial L73/4
Swinton House, Swinton M66/161
Swinton Industrial M66/84 & M66/85
Ten Acre Lane, Newton Heath M66/122
The National Public School Association M136
The Park Special, Moor Road, Baguley M66/146
Thomas Street, Gorton M66/86
Thornber Street, All Souls C of E, Ancoats M66/153
Tintwistle Camp M66/152
Tomlinson Street, Greenheys M66/28
Tuer Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock M66/26
Upper Jackson Street, Hulme M66/88
Upper Lloyd Street, Moss Side M66/155
Varna Street, Openshaw M66/89
Vine Street, Hulme M66/90
31 Ward Street, Blackley M66/23
Warford, Cheshire, David Lewis Epileptic Colony M66/140
Waterloo Road, Cheetham M66/91 & M66/126
Webster Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock M66/92
Wellington Street, Bradford M66/31
Wellington Street, Gorton M66/93
Wenlock Primary, Gorton M66/86 Surviving admission registers c.1870-c.1916 on Findmypast
Wesley Chapel (Liverpool Road) Cadishead L40/2
Wesley Chapel, Oldham Road (Livesey Street) M60/4/4
Wesley Street, Levenshulme M66/94
Wheler Secondary, Openshaw M66/95
Wheler Street, Openshaw M66/95
White Moss Autistic Unit, Blackley M66/149
White Moss ESN, Blackley M66/149
White Moss Infants, Blackley M66/149
Withington Road, St Margaret C.of E. Whalley Range M66/131
Woodside ESN, Cross Acre Road, Wythenshawe M66/150
Woodside First, Cross Acre Road, Wythenshawe M66/150
Yew Tree Central M66/181
Yew Tree Municipal M66/181
Yew Tree Senior M66/181
York Street, All Saints, Chorlton-on-Medlock M66/3
Zion Chapel, Hulme M66/48
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