Wills in Greater Manchester

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Welcome to the Greater Manchester County Section of the site.

Here are the Wills that I have listed on the site where the testator came from Greater Manchester.

I do hope that you find this site easy to navigate, and I do hope that you manage to find something that can be helpful in your research.

Best Wishes

Peter

This map shows where the county of Greater Manchester is located, I have also placed on the map many of the places where the testator

of the wills came from, as I thought that this may be of help to you. The map will open in a separate window if you click on the it.

Surname of Testator	Christian Name	Town	Year Will Made	Date Will Proved	View Will	Code
BADCOCK	Elizabeth	Manchester, in the county of Lancaster. (Greater Manchester)	1844	1844	View	B104
BADCOCK	William	Manchester, in the County of Lancaster. (Greater Manchester)	1837	Probate 1837	View	B105
BATE	John	Hough End, within Withington, in the County of Lancaster. (Lancashire & Greater Manchester) Will + Inventory.	1686	1686	View	B312
BENTLEY	Thomas	Blackrod, in the County of Lancaster. (Greater Manchester)	1810	1812	View	B36
BOARDMAN	William	Halliwell in the County of Lancaster, Parish of Deane. (Greater Manchester)	1669	--	View	B29
BORDMAN	Ann	Middle Hulton, Parish of Deane, County of Lancaster. (Greater Manchester)	1676	--	View	B26
BORDMAN	William	Rumworth, in the Parish of Deane. (Greater Manchester)	1728/ 29	--	View	B28

COLLIER	Thomas	Heaton Norris, in the Parish of Manchester, and County of Lancashire. - Will + Inventory.	1674	1675	View	C209
COLLIER	Thomas	Heaton Norris, in the Parish of Manchester, and County of Lancashire.	1686	--	View	C208
COLLIER	Thomas	Heaton Norris, in the Parish of Manchester, and County of Lancashire. - Will + Inventory.	1735	Probate 1735	View	C207
COLLYER	Thomas	Heaton Norris, in the Parish of Manchester, and County of Lancashire.		1594	View	C210

HALL	John	Bolton, in the county of Lancaster. (Now in Greater Manchester)	1891	1906	View	H37
HAMPSON	Samuel	Eccles within Barton upon Irwell, in the County of Lancaster (Lancashire, now Greater Manchester).	1800	1806	View	H328
HAMPSON	Elisabeth	Barton upon Irwell, in the Parish of Eccles, in the County of Lancaster (Lancashire, Now in Greater Manchester).	1807	1808	View	H329
HANKINSON	Jonathan	Barton upon Irwell, in the County of Lancaster (Lancashire Now Greater Manchester).	1847	1851	View	H330
HARROP	Horatio Nelson	Trafalger House, Audenshaw in the County of Lancaster (Manchester, Lancashire)	1874	1874	View	H324
HOLLINPRIEST	Aaron	Heaton Norris, Cheshire (Greater Manchester). Will + Inventory.	1704	1708	View	H325

RISHTON	Jennet	Farnworth, in the county of Lancaster. (Now in Greater Manchester)	1701	--	View	R18

SHELMERDINE	Neddy	Herod, in the Parish of Ashton-under-Line, in the County of Lancaster (Greater Manchester) - Admon	--	Admon 1814	View	S288

TRAVIS	Benjamin	Scholfield Hall, Butterworth. (Now in Greater Manchester)	1748	1748	View	T33
TRAVIS	Edmund	Bib Knowl in Butterworth. (Now in Greater Manchester)	1800	1800	View	T37
TRAVIS	George	Whittaker, Parish of Rochdale. (Now in Greater Manchester)	1735	1749	View	T34
TRAVIS	James	Whittaker, in the Parish of Rochdale. (Now in Greater Manchester)	1803	1805	View	T41
TRAVIS	John	Inchfield, in the Parish or Rochdale. (Now in Greater Manchester)	1653	1656	View	T28
TRAVIS	Joseph	Whitaker within Butterworth. (Now in Greater Manchester)	1720	1723	View	T31

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