Farnworth and Kearsley, Lancashire Genealogy

Guide to Farnworth and Kearsley, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. See A Comprehensive List of Chapelries in Deane Parish

Parish History
FARNWORTH (St. John), a separate parish created in 1828, from Deane Parish in the union of Bolton, hundred of Salford, S. division of Lancashire, 2¼ miles south by southeast of Bolton; comprising the townships of Farnworth and Kearsley. In the reign of Queen Mary, Farnworth township, lately a part of the parish of Deane, was a portion of the township of Barton-upon-Irwell, in Eccles parish, though distant from it about five miles. In 1663 it was still called "the hamlet of Farnworth within the township of Barton." The township of Farnworth and the adjoining township of Kearsley were separated 23rd of July 1828, from the parish of Deane, and constituted a distinct parish, under the act 58th George III. The church commenced operating in 1826. Be sure to view the A Comprehensive List of Chapelries in Deane Parish for important information about the area chapels attached to Deane Parish.

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Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
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Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD

Lancashire Online Parish Clerks
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Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Chapelry is a church or churches built in a large ecclesiastical parish to help the members attend worship services closer to their homes.

Online Parish Records Table

Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Lancashire ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Lancashire ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
 * OnLine Parish Clerks - Lancashire - OnLine Parish Clerks project for Lancashire

Non-Conformist Churches (All other Religions)

 * 1647-1996 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Genealogy
Todd, A.A. Lord of Kearsley, Farnworth, Ainsworth, Bolton and Tyldesley. History and family tree of John Lord and Mary surname unknown, dating from 1724-1859, with the following surnames. Watson, Kay Taylor, Grundy, Pickering, Dixon, Thornley, Hardman, Bordman, Smith, Berry, Reece, Whittaker, Isherwood, Ratcliffe, Bowker, Bardburn. In another family tree of Joshua Lord, wife unknown, with family names Gregory, Smith, Whittaker, Halliwell, dating 1746-1831. Article in The Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Soc. Magazine, Vol.8. no.3, pages 20-32 FamilySearch Library Ref. 942.72 B2r

Poor Law Unions
Bolton, 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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