Urmston, Lancashire Genealogy

England Lancashire  Lancashire Parishes

Chapelry History
URMSTON, a township, in the parish of Flixton, hundred of Salford, S. division of Lancashire, 5½ miles (S. W. by W.) from Manchester; containing 771 inhabitants. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

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
Online Records

There are some online transcriptions for Urmston St Clements Chapelry and as well for the ancient parish of Flixton baptisms, marriages and burial registers. Displayed below are those links to available online data located at the web sites indicated; note the ranges of years:

Original Records

Original parish and chapel registers are held at the Lancashire Record Office, Bow Lane, Preston PR1 2RE, United Kingdom.

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