This book is a collection of parish registers from the church of St Chad in Rochdale, a market town in Lancashire, England. It covers marriages, baptisms, and burials from 1582 to 1619. Genealogists and historians will find this book to be a valuable resource for tracing the history of families in the area. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.