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During the height of the Industrial Revolution, these numerous smaller churches called chapelries or chapels of ease and district chapels which lay within the boundaries of the ancient parish were created to handle Liverpool St Nicholas' expanding parish population. Liverpool St Nicholas' chapels of ease or chapelries--some of which are of ancient origin, each kept registers of baptisms, often some burials and in only a few cases, marriages. | During the height of the Industrial Revolution, these numerous smaller churches called chapelries or chapels of ease and district chapels which lay within the boundaries of the ancient parish were created to handle Liverpool St Nicholas' expanding parish population. Liverpool St Nicholas' chapels of ease or chapelries--some of which are of ancient origin, each kept registers of baptisms, often some burials and in only a few cases, marriages. | ||
Below is a comprehensive list of all the chapelries associated with the ancient parish of St Nicholas and Peter Liverpool as of 1851. By far the vast majority of the church registers '''('''of which many are now being transcribed and posted [http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexp.html online]''')''' | Below is a comprehensive list of all the chapelries associated with the ancient parish of St Nicholas and Peter Liverpool as of 1851. By far the vast majority of the church registers '''('''of which many are now being transcribed and posted [http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexp.html online]''')''' are located at the Liverpool Central Archives; a few may be available at the Lancashire Record Office in Preston. Most (but not all) of these are microfilmed and available for ordering and viewing at {{FHL|349498|subject-id|disp=The Family History Library}} and its 4,600 satellite Family History Centers worldwide. | ||
It is important to note that <u>''all''</u> reference guides and treatises on Lancashire civil parishes differ--some much more than others--in accurately | It is important to note that <u>''all''</u> reference guides and treatises on Lancashire civil parishes differ--some much more than others--in accurately identifying and listing <u>''all''</u> of Liverpool's [ecclesiastical] districts and townships with chapelries lying within St Nicholas' boundary. This is extremely problematic for large township parishes like Liverpool, but throughout all of Lancashire, and more frequently than thought, it is the under-lying cause for unresolved and often decades-old genealogical research problems. To overcome this 'pitfall' it is therefore imperative that <u>several</u> key reference aids and resources be used simultaneously in order to compile the most comprehensive and accurate list of all chapels of ease and chapelries throughout Liverpool. To help you, the following '''Comprehensive List of Liverpool Parishes '''and all its associated chapelries '''has been compiled:''' | ||
*{{FHL|559787|title-id|disp=Liverpool, All Saints Great Nelson St - 1835}} | *{{FHL|559787|title-id|disp=Liverpool, All Saints Great Nelson St - 1835}} | ||