Whalley, Lancashire Genealogy
England Lancashire
Lancashire Parishes
Guide to Whalley, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
For a list of all the churches in Whalley Parish, see "A Comprehensive List of Whalley Chapelries".
Whalley, Lancashire | |
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Type | England Jurisdictions |
Civil Jurisdictions | |
Hundred | Blackburn; Staincliff and Ewcross |
County | Lancashire, England Genealogy |
Poor Law Union | Clitheroe |
Registration District | Blackburn; Burnley; Clitheroe; Haslingden |
Records begin | |
Parish registers: 1538; Separate registers exist for Oswaldtwistle (Lancashire) beginning 1837 and for Trawden (Lancashire) beginning 1846 and for Tunstead (Lancashire) beginning 1840 | |
Bishop's Transcripts: 1605; Separate records exist for Oswaldtwistle (Lancashire)beginning 1848 | |
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
Rural Deanery | Whalley |
Diocese | Manchester |
Legal Jurisdictions | |
Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory) |
Location of Archive | |
Lancashire Archives | |
Contents
Part of this parish is in Yorkshire. See also Whalley, Yorkshire Genealogy
Parish History[edit | edit source]
WHALLEY St Mary, a parish, chiefly in the Higher and Lower divisions of the hundred of Blackburn, N. division of Lancashire, but extends partly into the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, West Riding of Yorkshire, 4 miles south by west from Clitheroe (Yorks). In 1848, the breadth of the parish, from the northern boundary of the parliamentary borough of Clitheroe to the southern boundary of the hundred in the Forest of Rossendale, within its limits, is fifteen miles 3 and its length, from the western boundary in the township of Oswaldtwistle to the eastern boundary, where the counties of Lancaster and York are separated by the division line at Wolfstones in Trawden Forest, is eighteen miles. The Yorkshire portion consists of the township of Low Bowland-Forest, and is three miles in length from north to south, and in breadth from west to east two and a half miles. The parish comprises the parliamentary borough of Clitheroe, which includes the townships of Chatburn, Downham, Mearley, Little Mitton, Pendleton, Twiston, Whalley, Wiswell, and Worston; the parochial chapelry of Altham, including Clayton-le-Moors, and New and Old Accrington; the parochial chapelry of Burnley, which includes the market-town of Burnley, and the townships of Briercliffe cum Extwistle, Cliviger, Habergham-Eaves, Ightenhill-Park, New Laund Booth with Filley-Close and Reedley-Hallows, and Worsthorn with Hurstwood, the parochial chapelry of Church, including Huncoat, Oswaldtwistle, and Yate cum Pickup-Bank, the parochial chapelry of Colne, including the market town of Colne, and the townships of Barrowfield, Foulridge, Great and Little Marsden, and Trawden; the parochial chapelry of Haslingden, including Henheads, and Higher and Lower Booth, the parochial chapelry of Newchurch-in-Pendle-Forest, including Barley-cum-Wheatley, Goldshaw-Booth, Old Laund Booth, Rough-Lee Booth, and Wheatley-Carr, the parochial chapelry of New-church-in-Rossendale-Forest, including part of the consolidated chapelry of Bacup, and the hamlets of Deadwin-CIough and Wolfenden; and the parochial chapelry of Padiham, which includes the townships of Dunnockshaw, Hapton, Higham Booth with Hey-Houses, Read, and Simonstone. In the parish is also the township of Little Bowland with Leagram, separated by the Hodder from Yorkshire, to which county part of it was anciently considered to belong. There are nearly 40 churches and chapels in different parts of the parish, erected by private individuals, by subscription, and various grants from Royal Bounty and Her Majesty's Commissioners. The dissenters places of worship are also numerous.[1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD
Church records
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Online Records[edit | edit source]
- 1538 - 1910 England, Lancashire, Parish Registers 1538-1910 at FamilySearch — index
- 1603 - 1910 England, Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1603-1910 at FamilySearch — index and images
Whalley St Mary and All Saints parish registers and those registers of all of its smaller chapelries lying within its boundaries have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following websites and ranges of years:
AC = Ancestry.co.uk (£) | |||||
FMP = findmypast (£) | |||||
FREG = FreeReg | |||||
FS = FamilySearch.org | |||||
LBMD = LancashireBMD.org.uk | |||||
LOPC = Lancashire Online Parish Clerk |
WHALLEY ST MARY AND ALL SAINTS PARISH(1538) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1538-1888 | 1539-1837 | None | ||
LOPC | 1538-1601, 1605-1845, 1848-1860, 1862-1875 | 1539-1601, 1605-1647, 1653-1900 | 1538-1601, 1605-1840, 1843-1891 | ||
LBMD | 1837-1937 | None | 1837-1937 | ||
FMP | None | 1539-1627 | None | ||
AC | 1538-1601, 1605-1653 |
1538-1601, 1605-1653 |
1538-1601, 1605-1653 | ||
FREG | 1538-1631 | 1539-1651 | 1538-? | ||
ACCRINGTON ST JAMES Chapelry (1745) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1830-1900 | 1809-1900 | None | ||
LOPC | 1745-1747, 1791-1825, 1831-1861, 1872-1900 | 1773-1849, 1880-1900 | 1790-1900 | ||
LBMD | 1837-1974 | 1837-1988 | 1837-1974 | ||
ACCRINGTON CHRIST CHURCH Chapelry (1840) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1840-1886 | None | None | ||
LOPC | 1892-1900 | 1891-1900 | 1841-1900 | ||
LBMD | None | 1842-1988 | None | ||
ACCRINGTON ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST Chapelry (1868) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1844-1896 | 1822-1900 | None | ||
LOPC | 1868-1900 | 1871-1900 | None | ||
LBMD | 1868-1900+part. | 1868-1900+part. | 1868-1900+ part. | ||
ALTHAM ST JAMES Chapelry (1518) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1518-1851 | 1518-1901 | None | ||
LOPC | 1749-1851 | 1749-1900 | 1749-1901 | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-2007 | None | ||
FMP | None | 1598-1695 | None | ||
AC | 1596-1695 | 1596-1695 |
1596-1695 | ||
FREG | 1596-1695 | 1596-? | None | ||
BACOP (or BACUP) ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST Chapelry (1788) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1788-1849 | None | None | ||
LOPC | 1788-1846 | None | 1788-1853 | ||
LBMD | None | 1838-1950 | None | ||
FREG | 1816-1818 | None | None | ||
BACOP ST SAVIOUR Chapelry (1866) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1866-1946 | None | ||
BARROWFORD ST THOMAS Chapelry (1839) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1841-1900 | 1844-1900 | None | ||
LOPC | 1840-1900 | 1844-1900 | 1839-1900 | ||
LBMD | None | 1844-1983 | None | ||
BRIERCLIFFE ST JAMES Chapelry (1841) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | 1841-1900 | 1843-1900 | 1841-1900 | ||
LBMD | None | None | 1936-1937 | ||
BURNLEY ST PETER Chapelry (1562) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1562-1847 | 1562-1907 | None | ||
LOPC | 1562-1887, 1891-1898, 1904-1907, 1919-1926 | 1562-1875 | 1562-1822, 1830-1896 | ||
LBMD | 1837-1977 | 1837-1974 | 1837-1897 | ||
FMP | None | 1562-1653 | None | ||
AC | 1562-1653 | 1562-1653 | 1562-1653 | ||
FREG | 1562-1653 | 1564-1653 | 1562-1653 | ||
BURNLEY ST ANDREW Chapelry (1869) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1869-1980 | None | ||
BURNLEY ST JAMES Chapelry (1841) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | 1849-1900 | None | ||
LOPC | 1845-1900 | 1841-1879 | 1850-1856 | ||
LBMD | None | 1849-1972 | None | ||
BURNLEY ST PAUL Chapelry (1846) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | 1846-1880 | 1853-1876, 1896-1900 | None | ||
LBMD | None | None | None | ||
BURNLEY ST STEPHEN Chapelry (1878) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1891-1901 | 1878-1881 | None | ||
LOPC | 1879-1953 | 1912-1969 | 1879-1946 | ||
LBMD | None | 1879-1982 | None | ||
CHATBURN CHRIST CHURCH Chapelry (1801) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1801-1900 | 1834-1900 | 1801-1856 | ||
LOPC | 1838-1900 | 1839-1900 | 1838-1900 | ||
LBMD | None | None | None | ||
CHURCH-KIRK ST JAMES Chapelry (1600) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1600-1900 | 1600-1901 | None | ||
LOPC | 1633-1900 |
1600-1830. 1837-1894 | 1633-1899 | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-1993 | None | ||
AC | 1600-1747 | 1600-1747 | 1600-1747 | ||
CLAYTON-LE-MOORS ALL SAINTS Chapelry (1840) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1840-1890 | 1841-1900 | None | ||
LOPC | 1840-1869, 1876-1883, 1890-1901 | 1841-1904 | 1840-1900 | ||
LBMD | None | 1841-2005 | None | ||
CLITHEROE ST MARY MAGDALENE Chapelry (1570) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1570-1901 | 1570-1901 | 1804-1897 | ||
LOPC | 1569-1614, 1653-1901 | 1570-1587, 1654-1786, 1813-1901 | 1570-1626, 1651-1679, 1681-1724, 1779-1835, 1844-1891 | ||
LBMD | 1837-1974 | 1837-1990 | 1837-1951, 1953-1974 | ||
CLITHEROE ST JAMES Chapelry (1839) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1839-1890 | 1861-1896 | 1840-1897 | ||
LOPC | 1839-1901 | 1861-1900 | 1840-1897 | ||
LBMD | None | 1861-1946, 1965-1988 |
None | ||
CLITHEROE ST PAUL Chapelry (1866) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | 1866-1900 | 1871-1901 | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1871-2000 | None | ||
COLNE CHRIST CHURCH Chapelry (1836) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1836-1900 | 1839-1900 | None | ||
LOPC | 1836-1886 | 1839-1900 | 1836-1900 | ||
LBMD | None | 1839-1982 | None | ||
COLNE ST BARTHOLOMEW Chapelry (1599) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1599-1900 | 1599-1900 | 1599-1835 | ||
LOPC | 1599-1900 | 1599-1645, 1654-1900 | 1599-1650, 1653-1899 | ||
LBMD | 1837-1942 | 1837-1982 | 1837-1968 | ||
FMP | None | 1599-1644 | None | ||
AC | 1599-1653 |
1599-1653 |
1599-1653 | ||
FREG | 1599-1653, 1790-1812 |
1599-1640 |
1599-1616, 1630-1650 | ||
DOWNHAM ST LEONARD Chapelry (1605) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1606-1886 | 1606-1861 | 1679-1903 | ||
LOPC | 1653-1722, 1801-1888 | 1606-1837 | 1801-1878 | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-2006 | None | ||
FMP | None | 1655-1754 | None | ||
AC | 1605-1837 |
1605-1837 |
1605-1837 | ||
FENCE-IN-PENDLE ST ANNE Chapelry (1837) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1837-1900 | 1838-1900 | 1837-1872 | ||
LOPC | 1837-2010 | 1838-1981 | 1837-1899 | ||
LBMD | None | 1838-1982 | None | ||
GOODSHAW ST MARY AND ALL SAINTS Chapelry (1728) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1732-1900 | 1838-1907 | 1755-1893 | ||
LOPC | 1728-1747, 1749-1900 | 1838-1907 | 1755-1893 | ||
LBMD | None | 1838-1950 | None | ||
HABERGHAM-ALL SAINTS Chapelry (1845) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1846-1900 | 1849-1900 | 1850-1877 | ||
LOPC | 1845-1900 | 1849-1894 | 1850-1900 | ||
LBMD | None | None | None | ||
HABERGHAM EAVES HOLY TRINITY Chapelry (1837) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1837-1900 | 1837-1900 | None | ||
LOPC | 1837-1884 | 1837-1848, 1875-1879 | 1837-1900 | ||
LBMD | None | 1849-1982 | None | ||
HASLINGDEN ST JAMES Chapelry (1603) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1699-1844 | 1721-1900 | 1841-1848 | ||
LOPC | 1683-1844 | 1603-1739, 1741-1837 | 1683-1844 | ||
LBMD | 1837-1851 | 1837-2003 | 1837-1938 | ||
AC | 1603-1683 |
1603-1698 |
1603-1679 | ||
HEYHOUSES-SABDEN ST NICHOLAS Chapelry (1841) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | |||||
LOPC | 1841-1900 | 1849-1900 | 1841-1900 | ||
LBMD | None | 1849-1996 | None | ||
HOLME ST JOHN THE DIVINE Chapelry (1741) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1792-1852 | None | None | ||
LOPC | 1741-1879, 1901-1904, 1953-1996 | 1742-1756, 1839-1935, 1952-2011 | 1742-1852, 1880-2012 | ||
LBMD | None | 1839-1982 | None | ||
LUMB ST MICHAEL Chapelry (1846) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1846-1857 | 1849-1925 | None | ||
LOPC | 1846-1933 | 1849-1957 | 1849-1983 | ||
LBMD | None | 1849-1946 | None | ||
NELSON-LITTLE MARSDEN ST PAUL Chapelry (1709) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1709-1901 | 1723-1900 | 1720-1900 | ||
LOPC | 1809-1901 | 1899-1900 | 1813-1900 | ||
LBMD | None | 1839-1982 | None | ||
NELSON-GREAT MARSDEN ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST Chapelry (1845) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1845-1900 | 1849-1900 | 1849-1900 | ||
LOPC | 1845-1900 | 1849-1900 | 1849-1895 | ||
LBMD | None | 1849-1982 | None | ||
NEWCHURCH-IN-PENDLE ST MARY Chapelry (1691) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1691-1905 | 1723-1900 | None | ||
LOPC | 1705-1903, 1906 | 1721-1845 | 1721-1856, 1906 | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-1976 | None | ||
FMP | None | 1573-1813 | None | ||
FREG | 1835-1836, 1895-1907 | 1835-1836 | 1834-1836, 1905, 1907 | ||
NEWCHURCH-IN-ROSSENDALE ST NICHOLAS Chapelry (1606) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1606-1890 | 1606-1914 | None | ||
LOPC | 1606-1609, 1616-1622, 1624-1652, 1654-1934 | 1606-1609, 1616-1641, 1654-1845, 1864-1955 | 1616-1622, 1624-1642, 1658-1987 | ||
LBMD | 1837-1895 | 1837-2007 | 1837-1895 | ||
FMP | None | 1654-1723 | None | ||
AC | 1653-1723 |
1653-1723 |
1653-1723 | ||
FREG | 1797-1812 | 1774-1812 | None | ||
OSWALDTWISTLE IMMANUEL Chapelry (1837) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1837-1898 | 1840-1900 | 1837-1891 | ||
LOPC | 1837-1898 | 1840-1900 | 1837-1868 | ||
LBMD | 1837-1974 | 1877-2004 | 1837-1974 | ||
TRAWDEN ST MARY Chapelry (1846) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1846-1900 | 1846-1900 | None | ||
LOPC | 1846-1900 | 1846-1900 | 1846-1900 | ||
LBMD | None | 1846-1982 | None | ||
PADIHAM ST LEONARD Chapelry (1573) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1573-1879 | 1573-1839 | 1609-1839 | ||
LOPC | 1573-1653, 1663-1789, 1791-1839, 1847-1873, 1887-1901, 1905-1922 | 1573-1653, 1663-1789, 1793-1839, 1867-1893 | 1573-1652, 1663-1789, 1791-1907, 1923-1945, 1996-2010 | ||
LBMD | 1837-1957 | 1837-1982 | 1837-1957 | ||
FMP | None | 1573-1653 |
None | ||
AC | 1573-1653 |
1573-1653 |
1573-1653 | ||
FREG | 1573-1653 |
1573-1653 |
1573-1652 | ||
RAWTENSTALL ST MARY Chapelry (1838) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1838-1847 | None | None | ||
LOPC | 1838-1847 | None | 1838-1847 | ||
LBMD | 1895-1974 | 1842-1946 | 1895-1974 | ||
TUNSTEAD HOLY TRINITY Chapelry (1842) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1842-1848 | None | None | ||
LOPC | 1843-1848 | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1858-1983 | None | ||
WHITEWELL ST MICHAEL Chapelry (1718) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1756-1854 | 1756-1848 | None | ||
LOPC | 1718-1854 | 1756-1778, 1810-1854 | 1756-1769, 1813-1854 | ||
LBMD | None | 1838-1949, 1951-2004 |
None | ||
WORSTHORNE ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST Chapelry (1835) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1848-1854 | None | None | ||
LOPC | 1835-2007 | 1843-2012 | 1835-2012 | ||
LBMD | None | 1843-1982 | None |
Original Records[edit | edit source]
The Lancashire Record Office at Bow Lane, Preston PR2 1RE, holds the original parish registers in its vast collections. Contact their website for contact information.
The Family History Library has microfilmed the parish registers and Bishop's transcripts of Whalley parish for the years 1538-1900. These films are available for ordering/circulating and researching at any one of its satellite FamilySearch Centers worldwide.
Non Conformist Records[edit | edit source]
- 1647-1996 England, Lancashire Non-conformist Church Records, 1647-1996 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Poor Law Unions
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Clitheroe Poor Law Union, Lancashire
Probate records
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Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Lancashire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers
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Websites[edit | edit source]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 534-537. Adapted. Date accessed: 08 October 2013.