Liverpool St Peter, Lancashire Genealogy

England   Lancashire   Lancashire Parishes

See also, St Peter with St Nicholas, mentioned above.

Chapelry History
In 1699 the parish was created from Walton[-on-the-Hill] in perpetuity 20 shillings and threepence to be paid to the rector of Walton; £400 was ordered to be raised to build a church dedicated to St Peter. In fact it cost three thousand five hundred pounds and is said to be the first parish church that was erected in Lancashire after the Reformation.

The church was consecrated in 1704. St Peter Church Street was designated the Cathedral Church of Liverpool.

In 1830 a new peal of ten bells was installed,in 1831 the church clock was first lighted by gas.

Removal of bodies from a part of St Peter's churchyard, opened in 1704, commeced Jan 27 1868. About 2000 bodies were removed. Some of the coffins bore the date of 1707. The bodies were all removed" with the utmost decency and propriety" and were re-interred in Anfield cemetery.

The mourning at the death of Queen Victoria was lead to St Peter as the Cathedral Church in 1900. A choral memorial service including the Mayor and aldermen of the city and the Bishop of Liverpool gave the benediction.

The church was demolished in 1922, and completed 2 October 1922.

"Liverpool was a chapelry in the parish of Walton until 1698, when it was constituted a distinct parish, and a rectory divided into medieties respectively belonging to the incumbents of St. Peter's church and the parochial chapel of St. Nicholas. In 1838, an act was passed for uniting the two portions, upon the decease of one of the rectors..."

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis (1848), pp. 104-118. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51112 Date accessed: 19 July 2010.

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 index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD

Lancashire Online Parish Clerks
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Church records
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Parish registers for St. Peter's Church, Liverpool, 1704-1919 Microfilm of originals held at Liverpool Record office.

Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1704-1754. Baptisms, burials, 1754-1776. Baptism index, 1776-1792. Baptisms, burials, 1776-1792. FHL BRITISH Film 93872 Christenings, 1793-1815. FHL BRITISH Film 93873 Christenings, 1815-1820. FHL BRITISH Film 93874 Christenings, 1820-1823. FHL BRITISH Film 93875 Christenings, 1823-1826. FHL BRITISH Film 93876 Christenings, 1826-1829. FHL BRITISH Film 93877 Christenings, 1829-1831. FHL BRITISH Film 93878 Christenings, 1831-1833. FHL BRITISH Film 93879 Christenings, 1833-1835. FHL BRITISH Film 93880 Christenings, 1835-1837. FHL BRITISH Film 93881 Christenings, 1837-1839. FHL BRITISH Film 93882 Christenings, 1839-1841. FHL BRITISH Film 93883 Christenings, 1841-1846. FHL BRITISH Film 93884 Christenings, 1846-1850. FHL BRITISH Film 93885 Christenings, 1850-1854. FHL BRITISH Film 93886 Christenings, 1854-1857. FHL BRITISH Film 93887 Christenings, 1857-1859. FHL BRITISH Film 93888 Christenings, 1859-1861. FHL BRITISH Film 93889 Christenings, 1861-1862. FHL BRITISH Film 93890 Christenings, 1862-1864. FHL BRITISH Film 93891 Christenings, 1864-1866. FHL BRITISH Film 93892 Christenings, 1866-1867. FHL BRITISH Film 93893 Christenings, 1867-1869. FHL BRITISH Film 93894 Christenings, 1869-1872. FHL BRITISH Film 93895 Christenings, 1871-1872. FHL BRITISH Film 93896 Christenings, 1872-1874. FHL BRITISH Film 93897 Christenings, 1874-1877. FHL BRITISH Film 93898 Christenings, 1877-1881. FHL BRITISH Film 93899 Christenings, 1879-1881. FHL BRITISH Film 93900 Christenings, 1881-1886. FHL BRITISH Film 93901 Christenings, 1881-1886. FHL BRITISH Film 93902 Christenings, 1881-1886. FHL BRITISH Film 93903 Christenings, 1886-1888. FHL BRITISH Film 93904 Christenings, 1888-1893. FHL BRITISH Film 93905 Christenings, 1888-1893. FHL BRITISH Film 93906 Christenings, 1893-1898. FHL BRITISH Film 93907 Christenings, 1893-1898. FHL BRITISH Film 93908 Christenings, 1898-1903. FHL BRITISH Film 93909 Christenings, 1898-1903. FHL BRITISH Film 93910 Christenings, 1903-1919. FHL BRITISH Film 93911 Burials, 1704-1776. FHL BRITISH Film 93912 Burials, 1776-1853. FHL BRITISH Film 93913 Marriages, 1704-1792. FHL BRITISH Film 93914 Marriages, 1792-1812. FHL BRITISH Film 93915 Marriages, 1813-1818. FHL BRITISH Film 93916 Marriages, 1818-1823. FHL BRITISH Film 93917 Marriages, 1823-1831. FHL BRITISH Film 93918 Marriages, 1831-1837. FHL BRITISH Film 93919 Marriages, 1837-1841. FHL BRITISH Film 93920 Marriages, 1841-1844. FHL BRITISH Film 93921 Marriages, 1844-1847. FHL BRITISH Film 93922 Marriages, 1847-1850. FHL BRITISH Film 93923 Marriages, 1850-1852. FHL BRITISH Film 93924 Marriages, 1852-1855. FHL BRITISH Film 93925 Marriages, 1855-1856. FHL BRITISH Film 93926 Marriages, 1856-1858. FHL BRITISH Film 93927 Marriages, 1858-1861. FHL BRITISH Film 93928 Marriages, 1861-1863. FHL BRITISH Film 93929 Marriages, 1863-1866. FHL BRITISH Film 93930 Marriages, 1866-1869. FHL BRITISH Film 93931 Marriages, 1869-1871. FHL BRITISH Film 93932 Marriages, 1870-1874. FHL BRITISH Film 93933 Marriages, 1874-1877. FHL BRITISH Film 93934 Marriages, 1877-1880. FHL BRITISH Film 93935 Marriages, 1880-1884. FHL BRITISH Film 93936 Marriages, 1884-1887. FHL BRITISH Film 93937 Marriages, 1887-1891. FHL BRITISH Film 93938 Marriages, 1891-1894. FHL BRITISH Film 93939 Marriages, 1894-1898. FHL BRITISH Film 93940 Marriages, 1898-1901. FHL BRITISH Film 93941 Marriages, 1901-1907. FHL BRITISH Film 93942 Marriages, 1907-1913. FHL BRITISH Film 93943 Marriages, 1913-1919. FHL BRITISH Film 93944 Baptisms, 1704-1773 (another filming). Burials, 1704-1765 (another filming). Marriages, 1704-1754 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656376 Items 7 - 10 Baptisms, 1772-1813 (another filming). Burials, 1765-1812 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656377 Baptisms, 1813-1819 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656378 Baptisms, 1819-1825 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656418 Baptisms, 1825-1829 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656419 Baptisms, 1829-1832 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656420 Baptisms, 1832-1835 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656421 Baptisms, 1835-1838 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656422 Baptisms, 1838-1841 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656423 Baptisms, 1841-1846 (another filming. FHL BRITISH Film 1656424 Baptisms, 1846-1852 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656425 Baptisms, 1852-1858 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656426 Baptisms, 1858-1861 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656561 Baptisms, 1861-1863 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656562 Baptisms, 1863-1866 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656563 Baptiisms, 1866-1869 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656564 Baptisms, 1869-1872 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656565 Baptisms, 1872-1875 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656566 Baptisms, 1875-1878 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656567 Baptisms, 1878-1882 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656568 Baptisms, 1882-1886 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656569 Baptisms, 1886-1891 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656570 Baptisms, 1891-1896 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656571 Baptisms, 1896-1901 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656572 Baptisms, 1901 (another filming). Marriages, 1754-1797 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656573 Marriages, 1797-1816 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656574 Marriages, 1815-1825 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 1656575

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Liverpool, Lancashire Poor Law Union

Probate records
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