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| [[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Lancashire]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Lancashire Parishes]] | | #REDIRECT [[Great Eccleston, Lancashire Genealogy]] |
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| == Chapelry History ==
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| GREAT ECCLESTON, '''a township chapelry''','''''in the parish of St. Michael upon Wyre''''', union of Garstang, hundred of Amounderness, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 7 miles southwest of 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.
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| There are a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists, and a Roman Catholic chapel.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=445 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 139-144. Adapted. Date accessed: 16 March 2012.</ref>
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| == Resources ==
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| ==== Civil Registration ====
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| 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].
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| ==== Church records ====
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| Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection
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| ==== Census records ====
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| {{British Census|306889}}
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| ==== Probate records<br> ====
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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|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.
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| == Maps and Gazetteers<br> ==
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| Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br>
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| *[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]
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| *[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
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| == Web sites ==
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| {{expand section|any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.}}
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| == References ==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| [[Category:Lancashire]]
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