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Lancashire is by far one of England's most populated counties. Yet from early times Lancashire possessed only about 75 ancient parishes, making it exceptionally unique among all of England's counties. | Lancashire is by far one of England's most populated counties. Yet from early times Lancashire possessed only about 75 ancient parishes, making it exceptionally unique among all of England's counties. | ||
For example, Cornwall, Somerset, Gloucestershire and most other less populated counties were comprised of hundreds more parishes. <span style="line-height: 19.9200000762939px;">Due mostly to the Industrial Revolution, Lancashire had by the 19th Century, become one of England's most populated counties. To handle the dramatic population explosion within its county boundaries, the Established church, the Church of England, created hundreds of chapels of ease (or chapelries) and district churches, each one attached to an ancient parish. Unlike other counties, b</span>y contrast, Lancashire's | For example, Cornwall, Somerset, Gloucestershire and most other less populated counties were comprised of hundreds more parishes. <span style="line-height: 19.9200000762939px;">Due mostly to the Industrial Revolution, Lancashire had by the 19th Century, become one of England's most populated counties. To handle the dramatic population explosion within its county boundaries, the Established church, the Church of England, created hundreds of chapels of ease (or chapelries) and district churches, each one attached to an ancient parish. Unlike other counties, b</span>y contrast, Lancashire's approximately 75 parishes were ecclesiastically subdivided by an average of 8 chapels of ease, often referred to as chapelries, district churches and/or an ecclesiastical parish (though usually ''not'' the ancient or 'mother' parish). | ||
Overall, the county comprised over 400 of these smaller chapels of ease of the Church of England. A majority of them however, were created mostly from the 1820's to 1900. Yet many of Lancashire's chapels--like their ancient parish counterpart--were established from ancient times. | Overall, the county comprised over 400 of these smaller chapels of ease of the Church of England. A majority of them however, were created mostly from the 1820's to 1900. Yet many of Lancashire's chapels--like their ancient parish counterpart--were established from ancient times. | ||
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''After completing research in the ancient parish registers, be certain to ask yourself if you have also searched in the church registers of each chapelry attached to that parish (as listed in the "Comprehensive Lists" of parishes and chapels). To not follow this strategy in your research will result in less-than thorough searching, and failure to solve your research problems or objectives. These lists will greatly aid you as you attempt to progress your research into surrounding, contiguous parishes and their respective attached chapels, and so on. Aside from the sheer magnitude of its population, incomplete lists of chapels and chapelries ''lying within an ancient parish boundary is one of the major reasons many researchers have decades-old 'brickwall' research problems in tracing ancestral lineages in Lancashire! | ''After completing research in the ancient parish registers, be certain to ask yourself if you have also searched in the church registers of each chapelry attached to that parish (as listed in the "Comprehensive Lists" of parishes and chapels). To not follow this strategy in your research will result in less-than thorough searching, and failure to solve your research problems or objectives. These lists will greatly aid you as you attempt to progress your research into surrounding, contiguous parishes and their respective attached chapels, and so on. Aside from the sheer magnitude of its population, incomplete lists of chapels and chapelries ''lying within an ancient parish boundary is one of the major reasons many researchers have decades-old 'brickwall' research problems in tracing ancestral lineages in Lancashire! | ||
While the list (below) indicates most of Lancashire's more prominent churches--including its 75 ancient parishes (**), you will find more "Comprehensive Lists" found in each parish page with the most complete and thorough list of all chapelries attached to each's ancient parish (click those with a "'''**'''")''':''' | While the list (below) indicates most of Lancashire's more prominent churches--including its 75 ancient parishes (**), you will find more thorough, "Comprehensive Lists" found in each parish page with the most complete and thorough list of all chapelries attached to each's ancient parish (click those with a "'''**'''")''':''' | ||
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1. Lancashire Online Parish Clerk (OPC) project - | 1. Lancashire Online Parish Clerk (OPC) project - 8 million [OPC Project aims to extract and preserve the records from various parish and provide free online access to the transcriptions. [http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ To learn more visit their site].] | ||
2. FamilySearch.org - | 2. FamilySearch.org - 16.5-plus million entries of CMBs | ||
3. Ancestry.co.uk - currently scanning and indexing parish and chapelry registers | 3. Ancestry.co.uk - currently scanning and indexing parish and chapelry registers - ~8 million | ||
The Lancashire Record Office in Preston, Lancashire, England has a listing of Deposited Parish registers: | The Lancashire Record Office in Preston, Lancashire, England has a listing of Deposited Parish registers: | ||
[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/web/?siteid=4528&pageid=30844&e=e The Lancashire Record Office Deposited Church Records listing] Please access this link for Church Record Information | [http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/web/?siteid=4528&pageid=30844&e=e The Lancashire Record Office Deposited Church Records listing] Please access this link for Church Record Information | ||
[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/448/archives_and_local_history Manchester City Archives & Local History] holds most of the Greater Manchester church registers, which Ancestry.co.uk is currently digitising (and transcribing) and placing online. | |||
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