Copp, Lancashire Genealogy: Difference between revisions

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Chapelry History[edit | edit source]

"COPP, a chapelry in St-Michael-on-Wyre and Kirkham parishes, Lancashire, 3 miles south by southeast of Garstang. It was built as early as 1723."^[1]

"ECCLESTON, GREAT, [or Copp Chapel], a township, in the parish of St. Michael upon Wyre, union of Garstang, hundred of Amounderness, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 7 miles southwest from Garstang. The ecclesiastical district of Eccleston includes also Little Eccleston, Larbrick, and Elswick. The church, dedicated to St. Ann, stands on Copp Hill; it was built in 1723, and has a square tower, added in 1823. There are a place of worship for Wesleyans, and a Roman Catholic chapel."^[2]

Here is an excellent old publication about this chapel and the parish history of St Michael on Wyre, available online at no cost, at Google Books.

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.

Church records[edit | edit source]

Online Records[edit | edit source]

Church of England

Copp chapelry's registers of christenings, marriages and burials, along with those of the ancient parish of St Michael on Wyre to which it is attached, have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following web sites and ranges of years:

_{FS =}_{FamilySearch.org}
_LOPC =_{Lancashire Online Parish Clerk project}
_FMP =_{FindMyPast.co.uk}
_{LBMD =}_{LancashireBMD.org.uk}
_{AC =}_{Ancestry.co.uk}
_{FREG =}_FreeReg

COPP (or GREAT ECCLESTON) ST ANN Chapelry (1728) Indexes
	Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
FS	1782, 1813-1874	None	1871-1875
LOPC	1728-1812	1737	None
LBMD	None	1850-1993	None
ST MICHAEL ON WYRE PARISH (1659) Indexes (ancient parish containing COPP Chapelry)
	Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
FS	1662-1844	1662-1741; 1754-1901	None
LOPC	1662-1947	1662-1900	1662-1948
FMP	None	1662-1837	None
LBMD	None	1837-2006	None
AC	1659-1707	1659-1707	1659-1707

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Copp and comprising the whole ancient parish of St. Michael on Wyre to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the ST MICHAEL ON WYRE PARISH page.

Census records[edit | edit source]

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.

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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Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Web sites[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

↑ John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales(1870)
↑ &amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis (1848), pp. 139-144. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50939 Adapted. Date accessed: 29 June 2010.

[1] John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales(1870)

[2] &amp;amp;amp;nbsp;A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis (1848), pp. 139-144. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50939 Adapted. Date accessed: 29 June 2010.

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 "COPP, '''a chapelry in St-Michael-on-Wyre '''and '''Kirkham&nbsp;parishes'''<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1331052199210_27" />, Lancashire, 3 miles south by southeast&nbsp;of Garstang. It was built as early as 1723."<ref>John Marius Wilson, ''[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/match_page.jsp Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]''(1870)</ref>
-"ECCLESTON, GREAT, [or Copp Chapel],&nbsp;a township, '''in the parish of St. Michael upon Wyre''', union of Garstang, hundred of Amounderness, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 7 miles southwest from Garstang. The ecclesiastical district of Eccleston includes also Little Eccleston, Larbrick, and Elswick. The church, dedicated to St. Ann, stands on Copp Hill; it was built in 1723, and has a square tower, added in 1823. There are a place of worship for Wesleyans, and a Roman Catholic chapel."<ref>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;''[[A Topographical Dictionary of England]]'' by Samuel Lewis (1848), pp. 139-144. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50939 Adapted. Date accessed: 29 June 2010.</ref>
+"ECCLESTON, GREAT, [or Copp Chapel],&nbsp;a township, '''in the parish of St. Michael upon Wyre''', union of Garstang, hundred of Amounderness, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 7 miles southwest from Garstang. The ecclesiastical district of Eccleston includes also Little Eccleston, Larbrick, and Elswick. The church, dedicated to St. Ann, stands on Copp Hill; it was built in 1723, and has a square tower, added in 1823. There are a place of worship for Wesleyans, and a Roman Catholic chapel."<ref>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;''[[A Topographical Dictionary of England]]'' by Samuel Lewis (1848), pp. 139-144. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50939 Adapted. Date accessed: 29 June 2010.</ref>
 Here is an excellent old&nbsp;publication&nbsp;about this chapel&nbsp;and the&nbsp;[http://books.google.com parish history of St Michael on Wyre, available online] at no cost, at [http://books.google.com Google Books].