Newchurch (Culcheth), Lancashire Genealogy

Guide to Newchurch, Culcheth, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
NEWCHURCH in Culcheth a village and a parish in Leigh district, Lancashire. The village stands near Kenyon Junction railway station 3-1/2 miles S of Leigh; and has a post-office under Warrington. The parish consists of the townships of Kenyon and Culcheth; contains the hamlets of Risley, Bury-Lane, Twiss-Green, Wigshaw, and Holcroft, and was formerly a chapelry of Winwick, Lancashire parish. Other places in the parish include: Desfurlong, Holcroft, Kenyon, Bury Lane, Twiss Green, Wigshaw, and Risley. There is also a chapel of ease at Bury-Lane.

NEWCHURCH, a parish [church built by at least 1599], in the union of Leigh, hundred of West Derby, S. division of Lancashire, 4 miles south by west of Leigh, and 6 north by east from Warrington. This parish consists of the townships of Culcheth and Kenyon, which were separated from the parish of Winwick in 1845, and formed into a distinct rectory. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans; and a Presbyterian chapel.

Civil Registration
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

 * 1538 - 1910 at FamilySearch — index

Online Records

Original Records Newchurch in Culcheth is a recently created parish as of 1845 and prior to that year, was a chapelry in Winwick Parish (which also see). Original parish registers exist at the Cheshire Record Office, Duke Street, Chester CH1 1RL.

Here are the film numbers in the Record Office's reference call numbers for collection for Newchurch (Culcheth) (no dedication): Baptisms Transcript-1599-1812- 929.3272 N1 Baptisms Transcript-1813-1841- MFE 929.342761 Ne(808) or F929.3272 N1 Burials Transcript-1607-1812- 929.3272 N1 Burials Transcript-1813-1841- MFE 929.342761 Ne(808) or F929.3272 N1 Marriages Transcript-1607-1751- 929.3272 N1 Marriages Transcript-1837-1841- Archives LPRS Transcript

For original registers of above please enquire at Lancashire Record Office.

In addition, microfilmed copies of Newchurch's original registers are accessible for searching via the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A and/or for ordering at any of its 4,600 satellite FamilySearch Centers worldwide.

Non Conformist Records

 * 1647-1996 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Poor Law Unions
Haslingden, Lancashire Poor Law Union

Leigh, Lancashire Poor Law Union from 1845

Probate records
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.

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