Waterhead, Lancashire Genealogy

England Lancashire  Lancashire Parishes

Chapelry History
Waterhead Holy Trinity was created a district chapelry in 1844 from, and lying within the boundaries of Prestwich St Mary, Lancashire Ecclesiastical Parish."

"WATERHEAD, an ecclesiastical parish, in the parish of Prestwich cum Oldham, hundred of Salford, S. division of Lancashire, 2 miles east by north of Oldham. The edifice is dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity. There is a place of worship for Independents."

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

Church records
Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Parish registers, 1845-1980 Microreproduction of original records hosued at the Central Library, Oldham. Waterhead is a chapelry in the parish of Prestwich, but was formerley in the parish of Oldham.

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

Poor Law Unions
Oldham 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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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