Newton in Makerfield, Lancashire genealogy

England Lancashire  Lancashire Parishes

Chapelry History
NEWTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, amarket-town and parish, in the union of Warrington, hundred of West Derby, S. division of Lancashire, 4 miles (N.) from Warrington, 15 (E. by N.) from Liverpool, 47 (S. by E.) from Lancaster, and 192½ (N. W. by N.) from London.

Emmanuel Newton-in-Makerfield was dedicated a district chapel in the year 1841 and stood within the civil parish boundaries of St Peter Newton-in-Makerfield.

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 Records
 Church of England 

Newton in Makerfield Emmanuel chapelry's registers of christenings, marriages and burials, along with those of the ancient parish of Newton in Makerfield St Peter to which it is attached, have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following web sites and ranges of years:

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Newton inMakerfield Emmanuel and comprising the whole ancient parish of Newton in Makerfield St Peter to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the NEWTON IN MAKERFIELD ST PETER PARISH page.

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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