Liverpool St John the Evangelist, Lancashire Genealogy

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Chapel History
St. John the Evangelist Liverpool [a chapelry] was erected on the old site of the castle in the year 1836. It stood within the parish boundaries of St Nicholas, Liverpool.

From Lewis' Topographical Dictionary, we read, "St. John the Evangelist's chapel, Hope-street, another unconsecrated place of worship in connexion with the Established Church, is also a plain structure, with a stuccoed front. It was built in 1836, for the Christian Society, but was purchased by Mr. Cargill, and opened March 21st, 1841, as an episcopal chapel; that gentleman died in the year 1843, and the chapel is now leased from his widow by Henry Winch, Esq., who is patron: the surplus proceeds are applied towards the support of the Female Orphan Asylum."

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: 02 July 2010.

Civil Registration
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Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD

Church records
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Census records
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http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

Poor Law Unions
Liverpool, Lancashire Poor Law Union

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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Web sites
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