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| | GENUKI: Rochdale, Lancashire genealogy |
 | | It was not till the year 1689, when William the Third passed the "Toleration Act," that the Rochdale Presbyterian dissenters dared to meet together in a meeting-house of their own, without fear of molestation from the authorities. |
 | | In 1835 the parish of Rochdale contained the townships of Rochdale, Todmorden with Walsden, Spotland, Blatchinworth and Calderbrook, Wuerdle and Wardle, Wardleworth, Castleton and Butterworth. |
 | | For probate purposes prior to 1858, Rochdale was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester. |
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