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| Here is a list of Lancashire towns and parishes that begin with B and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them. Once you have identified a court, click on a court name to access indexes or go to the [http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Index]. <br>
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| | [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with A|A]]
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| | [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with B|B]]
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| | [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes C|C]]
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| | [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes D and E|D-E]]
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| | [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes F through G|F-G]]
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| | [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with H|H]]
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| | [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes I through L|I-L]]
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| | [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with M and N|M-N]]
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| | [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes O through R|O-R]]
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| | [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with S|S]]
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| | [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with T and U|T-U]]
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| | [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes V through Z|V-Z]]
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| ! style="background: #ffdead" width="15%" | PARISH
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| ! style="background: #ffdead" width="40%" | PRIMARY COURT
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| ! style="background: #ffdead" width="40%" | SECONDARY COURTS - IN SEARCH ORDER
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| | Bacup [Chapelry in mostly Whalley Parish]
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| | [[Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)]]
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| 2 - [[Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York]]
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| 3 - [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York]]
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| 4 - [[Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York]]
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| | Balderstone [Chapelry in Rochdale Parish]
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| | [[Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)]]
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| 3 - [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York]]
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| 4 - [[Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York]]
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| | Bamber Bridge St Saviour [Chapelry in Blackburn Parish]
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| | [[Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)]]
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| 3 - [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York]]
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| 4 - [[Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York]]
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| | Bardsley
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| | [[Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)]]
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| | Barrowford [Chapelry in Whalley Parish;see also Colne]
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| | [[Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)]]
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| 4 - [[Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York]]
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| | Barton
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| | [[Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Western Deaneries]] - Amounderness
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| | 2 - [[Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York]]
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| 3 - [[Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York]]
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| | Barton upon Irwell
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| 3 - [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York]]
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| | Bedford Leigh
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| 3 - [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York]]
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| 4 - [[Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York]]
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| | Bevington
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| | [[Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)]]
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| | Bickerstaffe
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| | Billinge [Chapelry in Wigan Parish]
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| | Birch [Chapelry in Manchester Parish]
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| | Birch in Rusholme[same as "Birch"; see above]
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| | [[Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)]]
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| | Bircle
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| | Bispham
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| | [[Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Western Deaneries]] - Amounderness
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| 3 - [[Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York]]
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| | Blackburn, all parishes (see a "[[Comprehensive List of Blackburn Chapelries and Parish]]"
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| | [[Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)]]
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| | Blackley St Peter [Chapelry in Manchester Parish]
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| | Blackpool St John
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| | Blackrod [Chapelry in Bolton-le-Moors Parish]
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| | Blawith
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| | [[Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Western Deaneries]] - Furness
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| | Bolton le Moors, all parishes (see a "[[Comprehensive List of Chapelries in Bolton le Moors Parish]]")
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| | Bolton le Sands [Chapelry in Lancaster Parish]
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| | [[Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Western Deaneries]] - Kendal
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| | Bootle St Mary [Chapelry in Walton-on-the-Hill Parish]
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| | Bradshaw [Chapelry in Bolton-le-Moors Parish]
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| | Brathay
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| | Bretherton
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| | Briercliffe [Chapelry in Whalley Parish]
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| | Brindle
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| | Broughton
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| | Broughton in Furness
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| | Broughton, Field [St Peter]
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| | [[Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Western Deaneries]] - Furness
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| | Burnley [St Peter]
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| | Burnley St James
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| | Burscough Bridge
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| | Burton Wood
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| | Bury, all parishes (see "[[Comprehensive List of Bury Chapelries and Parish]]")
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| | [[Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)]]
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| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
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| 4 - [[Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York]]
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