Deane, Lancashire Genealogy

Guide to Deane, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. Here is A Comprehensive List of Chapelries in Deane Parish.

Parish History
DEANE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Bolton-le-Moors, hundred of Salford, S. division of the county of Lancaster, 1 mile (S. W. by W.) from Bolton. It comprises the townships of Heaton, Middle and Over Hulton, and Rumworth, which constitute the district attached to the parish church; and Halliwell, Horwich, Little Hulton,and West Houghton, which are separate chapelries. Tillvery lately, it included also Farnworth and Kearsley,which now form a separate vicarage.

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
 * 1538 - 1910 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1603 - 1910 at FamilySearch — index and images

Deane Parish has parish registers data content available online for its parish registers as well as for its several smaller attached chapelries, at the following web sites and range of years:

There are additional later-built chapels within Deane Parish, whose registers can be accessed online at Lancashire Online Parish Clerk, i.e. Kearsley St Thomas (from 1878)., etc.

Original Records

Below are some of the Deane Parish registers available at the Family History Lbirary, Salt Lake City and its satellite familysearch centres worldwide:

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Parish registers for Deane, 1636-1890 Microfilm copy of originals are held at the Manchester Central Library, Manchester, England (Manchester Central Library call nos.: L85/1/1/1-2, L85/1/2/1-7, L85/1/3/1-19, L85/1/4/1-9). The following parish registers for Deane Parish (the ancient parish, only) are also on microfilm at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. These can be ordered for and searched, if desired (see above charts under "Deane Parish" for indexed/online data from these registers) at any one of its satellite familysearch centres worldwide:

Bishop's transcripts for Deane, 1613-1885 Microreproduction of original manuscripts housed at the Lancashire Record Office, Preston. Text in Latin and English. Lancashire Record Office: DRM/2/67-76

Lancshire Online Parish Clerks
An extremely useful resource for the parish history and transcripts of Baptisms. marriages and Burials can be found at http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Bolton-le-Moors/Deane/stmary/index.html

Non-Conformist Churches

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
 * 1647-1996 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Genealogy
Todd, Andrew A. Lowe of Heaton and Hinds. History and Family tree of Lowe of Heaton and Elton starting with Robert Lowe marrying 1. Alice Yates, and 2. Hannah Walls, dating 1784-1860, with the following surnames, Barlow, Wade, Nuttall, Garside, Settle, Blomley, Griffiths, Ogden, Blomley, Rushton, Pemberton. Article in The Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society Magazine. vol.5,no.3,pages16-20, FHL Ref 942.72 B2r

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