Colne, Lancashire, England Genealogy
Guide to Colne, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Colne | |
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| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Lancashire |
| Hundred | Blackburn |
| Poor Law Union | Burnley |
| Registration District | Burnley |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1599; Separate registers exist for Trawden beginning 1846 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1602 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Whalley |
| Diocese | Manchester |
| Province | York |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Archive | |
| Lancashire Record Office | |
Chapelry History
Colne St Bartholomew was erected as an ancient chapel of ease, and in operation by 1599, taken from and lying within the boundaries of Whalley Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Foulridge and Barrowford Booth.
Originally in the Diocese of Chester ( registers begin in 1599) it became part of the Whalley Deanery in The Diocese of Manchester in 1847
The Diocese of Blackburn is a Church of England diocese, covering much of Lancashire, created in 1926 from part of the Diocese of Manchester. The Diocese includes the towns of Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, and the cities of Lancaster, and Preston, as well as a large part of the Ribble Valley.
COLNE, a market-town and parochial chapelry, in the parish of Whalley, union of Burnley, Higher division of the hundred of Blackburn, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 35 miles (S. E.) from Lancaster, and 217 (N. N. W.) from London. [1] This parochial chapelry included at least the following 5 chapels of ease:
- Great Marsden - 1847
- Little Marsden - 1835
- Colne Christ Church - 1836
- Barrowford St. Thomas - 1838
- Trawden St Mary - 1844
This chapelry also included the town of Foulridge.
There were places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Wesleyan Methodists, and Primitive Methodists.
Resources
Find Neighboring Parishes
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Cemeteries
- 1914-1945 Colne Lancashire War Memorial, 1914-1918 [and 1939-1945](*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Colne Cemetery, Keighley Road, Colne, Lancashire(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Colne Winewall Inghamite Chapel Memorial Inscriptions(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Colne, St. Bartholomew [Monumental Inscriptions](*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions, Christs' Church Near Laneshaw Ridge, Colne, Lancashire, England(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Albert Rd, Colne, Lancashire, England(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD
Lancashire Online Parish Clerks
An extremely useful resource for research in Lancashire Parishes http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/
Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England
Chapelry is a church or churches built in a large ecclesiastical parish to help the members attend worship services closer to their homes.
Online Parish Records Table
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Colne Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Lancashire | ||||||
| Parish Registers-Lancashire | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Lancashire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Lancashire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Lancashire ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Lancashire ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
- OnLine Parish Clerks - Lancashire - OnLine Parish Clerks project for Lancashire
Nonconformist Records
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 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
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Poor Law Unions
Burnley Poor Law Union,Lancashire
Probate Records
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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A.,A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 663-668. Date accessed: 17 September 2013.