Comprehensive List of Preston Parish's Chapelries

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The List of Chapelries of Preston

The following chapelries lie within the boundaries of the ancient parish of Preston *St John - (1616), Lancashire:

Preston, All Saints - 1848
Preston, Christ Church – 1836
Preston Emmanuel - 1870 - available (partial) online at OPC Preston Record Office
Preston, Holy Trinity – 1814
Preston, St James - 1837 available only at the Lancashire (Preston) Record Office
Preston St Luke - 1859 available (partial) online at OPC Lancashire
Preston, St. George - 1723
Preston, St Mary – 1837 - available only at the Lancashire (Preston) Record Office
Preston St Matthew - 1883
Preston, St Paul's – 1825 - available only at the Lancashire (Preston) Record Office
Preston, St Peter – 1826 - available (partial) online at OPC Lancashire & at (Preston) Record Office
Preston St Saviour - 1866
Preston, St Thomas – 1839 - available (partial) online at Online Parish Clerk Lancashire at the Preston Record Office)
Ashton-on-Wribble St Andrew - 1837 - also see St Andrews – 1837 at Lancashire Online Parish Clerk]
Barton - 1850
Broughton – 1653
Broughton Field St Peter - 1859 or known as Broughton East
Grimsargh - 1726 - pre-1875 registers may only be available at the Lancashire (Preston) Record Office

Helpful Links:

Some of Preston's chapelry registers have also been indexed and posted online at the Lancashire "Online Parish Clerk" project.

The website, "A Church Near You" provides some information on some chapelries (and parishes): www.achurchnearyou.com

Bibliography:

Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, by Youngs, Frederic A. Pub: The Royal Historical Society, London 1991

Topographical Dictionary of England. Lewis Samuel. Pub: Samuel A. Lewis & Co. London 1841

A Comprehensive Gazetteer of England 18 . by Bell, James. A. Pub.: Fullarton & Co. Glasgow 1836

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. by A. Fullarton & Co. Glasgow and London ca. 1869 (see www.visionofBritain.org.uk)