Levenshulme, Lancashire, England Genealogy: Difference between revisions

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Chapelry History[edit | edit source]

LEVENSHULME, a village, a township, and a parochial chapelry, in Manchester parish, Lancaster. The village stands 3 miles southeast by south of Manchester. The chapelry is more extensive than the township, and was constituted in 1861. There are chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, Free Methodists, and Roman Catholics. There is also a convent. The Free Methodist chapel was built in 1864; and a school, in connexion with it, to accommodate 250 children, was built in 1866.^[1]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]

Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map

Type the name of the parish in the search bar
Click on the location pin on the map
Choose Options from the pop up box
Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes

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

Church Records[edit | edit source]

The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England[edit | edit source]

Chapelry is a church or churches built in a large ecclesiastical parish to help the members attend worship services closer to their homes.

Online Parish Records Table

Due to the increasing access of online records:

Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified

Dates in the following table are approximate

Hover over the collection's title for more information

Levenshulme Parish Records
Collections	Baptisms		Marriages		Burials
	Indexes and images	Indexes only	Indexes and images	Indexes only	Indexes and images	Indexes only
FamilySearch Collections-Lancashire	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
Parish Registers-Lancashire	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog	1700s-1800s	-	1700s-1800s	-	1700s-1800s	-
FreeREG	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s
Find My Past-Lancashire ($)	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Lancashire ($)	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)	-	1800s-1900s	-	1800s-1900s	-	1800s-1900s
Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage
Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)	-	-	-	1500s-1800s	-	-
National Burial Index-FMP (Free)	-	-	-	-	-	1800s-1900s

Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.

Joiner Marriage Index - Lancashire ($)
The Genealogist Parish Registers - Lancashire ($)
UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
OnLine Parish Clerks - Lancashire - OnLine Parish Clerks project for Lancashire

Non-Conformist Churches (All other Religions)[edit | edit source]

1647-1996 England, Lancashire Non-conformist Church Records, 1647-1996 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

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[edit | edit source]

Chorlton Poor Law Union,Lancashire

Probate records
[edit | edit source]

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
[edit | edit source]

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

Websites[edit | edit source]

Template:Expand section

http://www.achurchnearyou.com/chorlton-cum-hardy-st-clement/ for information about the parish

References[edit | edit source]

↑ John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870)

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

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-Guide to '''Cevenshulme, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
+<br>
 == Chapelry History  ==
-LEVENSHULME, a village, a township, and '''a parochial chapelry, in Manchester parish''', Lancaster. The village stands 3 miles southeast by south of Manchester. The chapelry is more extensive than the township, and was constituted in 1861. There are chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, Free Methodists, and Roman Catholics. There is also a convent. The Free Methodist chapel was built in 1864; and a school, in connexion with it, to accommodate 250 children, was built in 1866.<ref>John Marius Wilson, ''[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/expertsearch.jsp#tab03 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]''&amp;nbsp;(1870)</ref> <br>
+LEVENSHULME, a village, a township, and '''a parochial chapelry, in Manchester parish''', Lancaster. The village stands 3 miles southeast by south of Manchester. The chapelry is more extensive than the township, and was constituted in 1861. There are chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, Free Methodists, and Roman Catholics. There is also a convent. The Free Methodist chapel was built in 1864; and a school, in connexion with it, to accommodate 250 children, was built in 1866.<ref>John Marius Wilson, ''[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/expertsearch.jsp#tab03 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]''&amp;nbsp;(1870)</ref> <br>
 == Resources  ==
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 === Find Neighboring Parishes ===
-Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
+Use [http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
 ::*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar''
 ::*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map
 ::*Choose ''Options'' from the pop up box
 ::*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br>
-=== Cemeteries ===
-* {{FSC|405989|title-id|disp=Memorials of Levenshulme Wesleyan Chapel}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
-* {{FSC|406051|title-id|disp=Memorials of St. Andrew's Parish Church, Levenshulme, Manchester}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 === Civil Registration  ===
-Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.<br>
+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 [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD].
-*''See [[England Civil Registration]] for online resources and information''.<br><br>
 Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths [[Lancashire BMD]]<br>
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+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/location/united-kingdom-and-ireland/england?region=England,Lancashire&recordType=0 1500s-1900s]</center>
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 | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
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-| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Findmypast-Lancashire ($)
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Find My Past-Lancashire ($)
 | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/lancashire-baptisms 1500s-1900s] </center>
 | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
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 | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9841/  1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1351/ 1500s-1900s]</center>
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 *[http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ OnLine Parish Clerks - Lancashire] - OnLine Parish Clerks project for Lancashire
-====Nonconformist Records====
+==== Non-Conformist Churches (All other Religions) ====
-"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.<br>
 *'''1647-1996''' {{RecordSearch|3656808|England, Lancashire Non-conformist Church Records, 1647-1996}} at FamilySearch - [[England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index (''dates may vary by parish'')
 === Census Records ===
-Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See [[England Census|England Census]] for more resources. <br>
+{{British Census|438731}}
 === Poor Law Unions  ===
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 [[Chorlton Poor Law Union,Lancashire]]
-==== Probate records ====
+==== Probate records<br> ====
 Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Lancashire Probate Records|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 ==
+== Maps and Gazetteers<br> ==
 Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br>
-*[https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851]
+*[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]
-*[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
+*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
 == Websites ==
+{{expand section|any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.}}
-[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/chorlton-cum-hardy-st-clement/ for information about the parish]<br>
+http://www.achurchnearyou.com/chorlton-cum-hardy-st-clement/ for information about the parish<br>
 == References ==