Haigh and Aspull, Lancashire Genealogy
Guide to Haigh and Aspull, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Haigh and Aspull, Lancashire | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Salford; West Derby |
| County | Lancashire |
| Poor Law Union | Wigan |
| Registration District | Wigan |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1833 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: None | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Wigan |
| Diocese | Chester |
| 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]
Haigh and Aspull (St David) was created a chapelry in 1833, lying within the boundaries of Wigan All Saints, and union of Wigan, hundred of West Derby, S. division of the county of Lancaster, 2¾ miles north by east from Wigan. The church, dedicated to St. David, was erected in 1833. Other places in the parish include: Aspull.[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]
- 1538 - 1910 England, Lancashire, Parish Registers 1538-1910 at FamilySearch — index
Church of England
Haigh and Aspull chapelry's registers of christenings, marriages and burials, along with those of the ancient parish of Wigan All Saints 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 (£) | |||||
| FREG = FreeReg | |||||
| FS = FamilySearch.org | |||||
| LBMD = LancashireBMD.org.uk | |||||
| LOPC = Lancashire Online Parish Clerk |
| HAIGH ST DAVID Chapelry (1833) Indexes | |||||
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
| FS | None | None | None | ||
| LOPC | 1833-1912 | 1834-1936 | 1834-1915 | ||
| LBMD | None | Not listed | None | ||
| WIGAN ALL SAINTS PARISH (1578) Indexes (ancient parish containing HAIGH Chapelry) | |||||
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
| FS | 1578-1926 | 1594-1880 | 1749-1952 | ||
| LOPC | 1813-1842, 1844, 1861-1869, 1879-1896 | 1594-1625, 1754-1898 | 1754-1904 | ||
| LBMD | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | ||
| FMP | None | 1594-1837 | None | ||
| AC | 1580-1625 |
1580-1625 |
1580-1625 | ||
| FREG | 1580-1588, 1590-1625 | 1594-1625 | 1584-1597, 1600-1626 | ||
For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Hiagh and Aspull and comprising the whole ancient parish of Wigan All Saints to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the WIGAN ALL SAINTS PARISH page.
Non Conformist Records[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]
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[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 369-372. Adapted. Date accessed: 14 October 2013.