Comprehensive List of Preston Parish's Chapelries

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The List of Chapelries of Preston

The following chapelries lie within the boundaries of the ancient parish of Preston *St John - (1616), Lancashire:


 * Preston, All Saints - 1848
 * Preston, Christ Church – 1836
 * Preston, Holy Trinity – 1814
 * Preston, St James - 1837 available only at the Lancashire (Preston) Record Office
 * Preston, St. George - 1723
 * Preston, St. Mary – 1837 - available only at the Lancashire (Preston) Record Office
 * Preston, St. Paul's – 1825 - available only at the Lancashire (Preston) Record Office
 * Preston, St. Peter – 1826 - available only at the Lancashire (Preston) Record Office
 * Preston, St. Thomas – 1839 - available only at the Lancashire (Preston) Record Office
 * Ashton St Andrew - 1837 - also see St. Andrews – 1837 at Lancashire Online Parish Clerk]
 * Barton - 1850
 * Broughton – 1653
 * Grimsargh - 1726 - pre-1875 registers may only be available at the Lancashire (Preston) Record Office

Helpful Links:

Some of Preston's chapelry registers have also been indexed and posted online at the Lancashire "Online Parish Clerk" project.

The website, "A Church Near You" provides some information on some chapelries (and parishes): www.achurchnearyou.com

Bibliography:

Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, by Youngs, Frederic A. Pub: The Royal Historical Society, London 1991

Topographical Dictionary of England. Lewis Samuel. Pub: Samuel A. Lewis &amp; Co. London 1841

''A Comprehensive Gazetteer of England 18. ''by Bell, James. A. Pub.: Fullarton &amp; Co. Glasgow 1836

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. by A. Fullarton &amp; Co. Glasgow and London ca. 1869 (see www.visionofBritain.org.uk)