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Astley chapelry's registers of christenings, marriages and burials, along with those of the ancient parish of [[Leigh, Lancashire|Leigh]] to which it is attached, have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following web sites and ranges of years: | Astley chapelry's registers of christenings, marriages and burials, along with those of the ancient parish of [[Leigh, Lancashire|Leigh]] to which it is attached, have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following web sites and ranges of years: | ||
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Revision as of 17:27, 29 August 2014
England 
Lancashire Lancashire Parishes
Guide to Astley, Lancashire family history and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Astley, Lancashire | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | West Derby |
| County | Lancashire |
| Poor Law Union | Leigh |
| Registration District | Leigh |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1760 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1724 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Eccles |
| Diocese | Manchester |
| Province | York |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Location of Archive | |
| Lancashire Record Office | |
Chapelry History[edit | edit source]
ASTLEY, a district chapelry, in the parish and union of Leigh, hundred of West Derby, S. division of Lancashire, 3 miles (E.) from the town of Leigh. The chapel was rebuilt in 1760; a tower was added in 1842, and a new north aisle in 1847. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.[1]
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.
Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD
Lancashire Online Parish Clerks[edit | edit source]
An extremely useful resource for research in Lancashire Parishes http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/
Church records[edit | edit source]
Online Records[edit | edit source]
Astley chapelry's registers of christenings, marriages and burials, along with those of the ancient parish of Leigh to which it is attached, have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following web sites and ranges of years:
| AC = Ancestry.co.uk (£) | |||||
| FMP = FindMyPast.co.uk (£) | |||||
| FREG = FreeReg | |||||
| FS = FamilySearch.org | |||||
| LBMD = LancashireBMD.org.uk | |||||
| LOPC = Lancashire Online Parish Clerk |
| ASTLEY ST STEPHEN Chapelry (1744) Indexes | |||||
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
| AC | 1760-1812 | 1760-1812 | 1760-1812 | ||
| AC | 1813-1914 | 1843-1930 | 1813-1926 | ||
| FS | 1760-1925 | 1748 | 1760-1841 | ||
| LOPC | 1760-1853 | 1843-1918 | 1754-1893 | ||
| LBMD | None | 1843-1950 | None | ||
| LEIGH ST MARY'S PARISH (1558) Indexes (ancient parish containing ASTLEY) | |||||
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
| FS | 1559-1872 | 1701-1845 | 1753-1857 | ||
| LOPC | 1700-1901 | 1560-1901 | 1660-1856 | ||
| FMP | None | None | |||
| LBMD | None | 1837-1950 | None | ||
| AC | 1558-1700 | 1558-1700 | 1558-1700 | ||
For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Astley and comprising the whole ancient parish of Leigh to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the LEIGH 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.
Poor Law Unions
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Leigh, Lancashire Poor Law Union
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.
Websites[edit | edit source]
References
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- ↑ Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848). Date accessed: 29 August 2013.