Copp, Lancashire Genealogy

England Lancashire  Lancashire Parishes

Chapelry History
"COPP, a chapelry in St-Michael-on-Wyre and Kirkham parishes, Lancashire, 3 miles south by southeast of Garstang. It was built as early as 1723."

"ECCLESTON, GREAT, [or Copp Chapel], a township, in the parish of St. Michael upon Wyre, union of Garstang, hundred of Amounderness, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 7 miles southwest from 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, and has a square tower, added in 1823. There are a place of worship for Wesleyans, and a Roman Catholic chapel."

Here is an excellent old publication about this chapel and the parish history of St Michael on Wyre, available online at no cost, at Google Books.

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.

Church records
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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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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