Difference between revisions of "Lancashire"

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*[http://www.mancuniensis.info/ The Salford Hundred Towships] Covers the Parishes of Ashton under Lyne, Bolton, Bury, Deane, Eccles, Flixton, Manchester, Middlewich, Prestwich cum Oldham, Radcliffe Rochdale and Wigan
 
*[http://www.mancuniensis.info/ The Salford Hundred Towships] Covers the Parishes of Ashton under Lyne, Bolton, Bury, Deane, Eccles, Flixton, Manchester, Middlewich, Prestwich cum Oldham, Radcliffe Rochdale and Wigan
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*[http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ Spinning the Web - the Story of the Lancashire Cotton Industry]
  
 
*[http://www.tamesidehistoryforum.org.uk/ Tameside History Forum - covers Ashton, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Hyde, Longendale, Mossley and Stalybridge]  
 
*[http://www.tamesidehistoryforum.org.uk/ Tameside History Forum - covers Ashton, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Hyde, Longendale, Mossley and Stalybridge]  
  
 
*[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/guides/record_society/record_society.htm The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire]
 
*[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/guides/record_society/record_society.htm The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire]
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*[http://bartonbanter.multiply.com/ Barton Banter]
 
*[http://bartonbanter.multiply.com/ Barton Banter]
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*[http://www.mancuniensis.info/BartonWesleyanChapel/BWCBFP.htm Barton Wesleyan Chapel Burials]
  
 
*[http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=nav.257 Local History & Heritage Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council]
 
*[http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=nav.257 Local History & Heritage Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council]
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*[http://www.gisburn.org.uk/ Gisburn Village Genealogy and History]
 
*[http://www.gisburn.org.uk/ Gisburn Village Genealogy and History]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/baptisms/ausbap.htm Baptisms at St Austin's R.C. Church, Grassendale, Garston 1856-1882]
 
  
 
*[http://www.great-harwood.org.uk Great Harwood ]
 
*[http://www.great-harwood.org.uk Great Harwood ]
  
 
*[http://www.greenhalgh-web.co.uk/index.htm Greenhalgh Village]
 
*[http://www.greenhalgh-web.co.uk/index.htm Greenhalgh Village]
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*[http://www.stmatthewhighfield.org.uk/registers.html St Matthews, Highfield - Parish Registers]
  
 
*[http://www.heskethbank.com/genealogy.html Hesketh Bank and Tarleton Genealogy and History page]
 
*[http://www.heskethbank.com/genealogy.html Hesketh Bank and Tarleton Genealogy and History page]
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*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/cronton.html Knowsley Local History Pages]
 
*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/cronton.html Knowsley Local History Pages]
  
*[http://www.lancasterfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Lancaster and Morcambe Family History]  
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*[http://www.lancasterfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Lancaster and Morcambe Family History]
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*[http://www.milnrow-village.freeserve.co.uk/ Milnrow Village Site]  
  
 
*[http://www.mossley.net/ Mossley]
 
*[http://www.mossley.net/ Mossley]
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*[http://tamesidefamilyhistory.co.uk/ Tameside Family History] New
 
*[http://tamesidefamilyhistory.co.uk/ Tameside Family History] New
  
*[http://www.todmordenandwalsden.co.uk/ Todmorden and Walsden Genealogy] Includes some Parish Records
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*[http://www.todmordenandwalsden.co.uk/ Todmorden and Walsden Genealogy] includes some Parish Records
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~todmordenandwalsden/home.htm  Todmorden And Walsden]
  
 
*[http://www.trawdenonline.co.uk/tlife/history/history.html A Brief History of Trawden]
 
*[http://www.trawdenonline.co.uk/tlife/history/history.html A Brief History of Trawden]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engchs/WAL.html Walton Gaol - List of Inmates and Staff 1881]
 
  
 
*[http://wardle2000.homestead.com/ Wardle 2000]
 
*[http://wardle2000.homestead.com/ Wardle 2000]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wooltonchurchyard/ St Peter's Church, Woolton]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wooltonchurchyard/ St Peter's Church, Woolton]
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Some Liverpool Parish Records]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Indexes to Liverpool Registers]
  
*[http://www.old-liverpool.co.uk/ Old Liverpool snippets and Miscellany]
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*[http://www.old-liverpool.co.uk/ Old Liverpool - Snippets from Old Liverpool Newspapers and Other Sources]
  
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/ Irish Family History Research in the Liverpool Area]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/ Irish Family History Research in the Liverpool Area]
 
*[http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ Liverpool Genealogy Home Page]
 
  
 
*[http://liverpolitan.im/main/early_years.htm Ron's Liverpool Pages]
 
*[http://liverpolitan.im/main/early_years.htm Ron's Liverpool Pages]
  
*[http://liverpoolcemetery.co.uk Liverpool Cemetery]
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*[http://liverpoolcemetery.co.uk Anfield Cemetery]
  
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/bur/lvcem.htm Links to Liverpool Cemeteries and Burial Sites]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/bur/lvcem.htm Links to Liverpool Cemeteries and Burial Sites]
  
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/bapt.htm Links to Birth/Baptism Indices in the Liverpool Area]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/bapt.htm Links to Birth/Baptism Indices in the Liverpool Area]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/baptisms/ausbap.htm Baptisms, St. Austin's RC Church, Grassendale, Garston, Liverpool, 1856-1882]
 
  
 
*[http://www.stfaithsgreatcrosby.org.uk/Baptisms.pdf St Faiths Church, Great Crosby, Baptisms 1900-1999]
 
*[http://www.stfaithsgreatcrosby.org.uk/Baptisms.pdf St Faiths Church, Great Crosby, Baptisms 1900-1999]
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*[http://www.liverpool-schools.co.uk/ Liverpool Schools]
 
*[http://www.liverpool-schools.co.uk/ Liverpool Schools]
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/liverpoolregisters/ Index To Liverpool Registers]
 
  
 
*[http://www.whatwashere.com/ Do you know what was in Liverpool?]
 
*[http://www.whatwashere.com/ Do you know what was in Liverpool?]
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*[http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Church]
 
*[http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/church/ Little Crosby Church]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~todmordenandwalsden/home.htm  Todmorden And Walsden]
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*[http://www.scottiepress.org/main.htm Scottie Press Online - Covering the Scotland Road/Vauxhall Area of Liverpool]
 
 
*[http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ Spinning the Web]
 
 
 
*[http://www.milnrow-village.freeserve.co.uk/ Milnrow Village Site]
 
 
 
*[http://www.carlscam.com/index.html War Memorial Site ]
 
 
 
*[http://www.familyhistoryonline.net Family History Online]
 
 
 
*[http://www.scottiepress.org/main.htm The Scotland Road/Vauxhall area of Liverpool]
 
 
 
*[http://www.stmatthewhighfield.org.uk/BurialRegs/index.html St Matthews Burials, Highfield]
 
 
 
*[http://www.mancuniensis.info/BartonWesleyanChapel/BWCBFP.htm Barton Wesleyan Chapel Burials]
 
 
 
*[http://www.cottontown.org Cottontown]
 
 
 
*[http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/dataset.asp Royal Historical Society's bibliography]
 
  
 
*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/ Knowsley Local History, Its People & its Heritage]
 
*[http://history.knowsley.gov.uk/ Knowsley Local History, Its People & its Heritage]
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*[http://web.mac.com/keithjtinkler/iWeb/Liverpool18thCentury/PollBooks.html 18th Century Poll Books]
 
*[http://web.mac.com/keithjtinkler/iWeb/Liverpool18thCentury/PollBooks.html 18th Century Poll Books]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engchs/WAL.html Walton Gaol - List of Inmates and Staff 1881]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpoolphotographers/ A Directory of 18th and 19th Century Liverpool Photographers] Useful for dating old photos
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpoolphotographers/ A Directory of 18th and 19th Century Liverpool Photographers] Useful for dating old photos
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Revision as of 08:54, 8 March 2009


In the North West of England, its boundary to the west is the Irish Sea and to the east, the Pennines and Yorkshire.

It takes its name from the city of Lancaster where the infamous Pendle Witches stood trial in 1612 at Lancaster Castle.

Formerly a centre for cotton manufacture, the traditional crafts along with its 'dark satanic mills' have been replaced by more modern and varied industries.

Children's author Beatrix Potter lived on the county's northern border at Hill Top Farm, near Sawrey, until her death in 1943.

The county has undergone numerous boundary changes over the years.

A summary of these can be found here.


County town: Lancaster


Other major towns: Liverpool, Manchester, Bolton


Lancashire Places of Worship


Regional projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest

  • The Salford Hundred Towships Covers the Parishes of Ashton under Lyne, Bolton, Bury, Deane, Eccles, Flixton, Manchester, Middlewich, Prestwich cum Oldham, Radcliffe Rochdale and Wigan



Specific Town and Village Interest (Also see Liverpool and Manchester below)


Manchester


Liverpool


Maps and Photographs



Books of local interest


Register Office

As part of the UKBMD volunteer project, the county of Lancashire has a searchable BMD Index. To order a certificate you need to find the entry in the The Lancashire BMD Index and use the local index reference number.


Now centralised through the following office:

Lancashire Registration District
Certificate Services
Quayside Court
Chain Caul Way
Preston
PR2 2ZP

Tel 01772 326881

Please note for events within the Blackburn, Blackpool and Manchester districts you will need to use one of the following links


Blackburn area copy certificate information can be found at Copy Certificates


Blackpool registrars have a useful FAQ section with links to copy certificate ordering information at Certificate FAQ Information


Manchester Registrars offer a full range of certificates along with PDF application forms at


Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts

  • Manchester Parish Records. BMD's & Burials Pat Hope


Cemetery Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Cemetery Lookup Contacts


Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.


  • Southport and surrounding areas within a 5 to 10 mile radius clematised

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