(See Hundreds And Parishes for background of Parish organisation)
St Thomas is the parish church of Ashton In Makerfield. A Chapel Of Ease for St Oswald Winwick was recorded here in 1515, though the present church was built in 1893. The church became a Parish in its own right in 1845.
References to “Ashton Chapel” in older certificates are believed to refer to St Thomas, before it was made a Parish Church, when it was a Chapel Of Ease.
For more information see Wikipedia and Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerks.
Several ancestors had ceremonies here, including ancestors from Garswood before Holy Trinity was built.
Norman And Marian Barton Family Tree 