Manchester was an ancient ecclesiastical parish of the hundred of Salford, in Lancashire, England. It encompassed several townships and chapelries, including the then township of Manchester (now Manchester city centre). Other townships are now parts of the Anglican Diocese of Manchester and/or Greater Manchester. In the Domesday Book the parish of Manchester is recorded as including St Michael's Church in Ashton-under-Lyne as well as the mother church of St Mary's in Manchester. Although by the 13th century Ashton had formed its own separate parish, the advowson was held by Manchester as late as 1458. Townships In 1866 the townships became recognised as separate civil parishes. Part, but not all, of this area was in the municipal borough of Manchester, which expanded with the decades. In 1896 the parishes of the City of Manchester outside the remaining Manchester parish were re-organised as North Manchester and South Manchester parishes, which were themselves re-organised as a single civil parish of Manchester in 1916, while the parishes in the county borough of Salford were united as a single civil parish in 1919. Ardwick (Manchester Borough 1838, South Manchester parish in 1896) Beswick (Manchester Borough 1838, North Manchester parish in 1896) Blackley (to Manchester Borough in 1890, North Manchester parish in 1896) Bradford (to Manchester borough in 1885, North Manchester parish in 1896) Broughton (part to Municipal Borough of Salford in 1844, remainder in 1853, part of City of Salford in 1974) Burnage (to Withington Local Government District 1876, Withington Urban District 1894, Manchester County Borough in 1904, South Manchester parish in 1910) Cheetham (Manchester Borough 1838, North Manchester parish 1896) Chorlton-cum-Hardy (to Withington Urban District, Manchester Borough in 1904, South Manchester parish in 1910) Chorlton upon Medlock (Manchester Borough 1838, South Manchester parish 1896) Crumpsall (formed a Local Board District in 1854, to Manchester Borough in 1890, North Manchester parish in 1896) Denton (formed Denton Local Board District in 1857, part of Denton and Haughton Local Government District in 1884, became Denton Urban District in 1894, to Tameside in 1974) Didsbury (Included in area of Withington Local Board of Health in 1876, Withington Urban District in 1894, Manchester Borough in 1904, South Manchester parish in 1910) Droylsden (In 1863 part of the township became a Local Board District and was subsequently reconstituted as Droylsden Urban District in 1894, passing to Tameside in 1974. The remainder was included in the Borough of Manchester in 1884,