Elswick, Lancashire Genealogy

History
Elswick is a village and civil parish on the Fylde in Lancashire, England.

http://www.elswickvillage.co.uk/ Elswick village website

ELSWICK, a township in St. Michael-on-Wyre parish, Lancashire; 4½ miles N of Kirkham. Acres, 1,009. Real property, £1,845. Pop., 290. Houses, 65. There is an Independent chapel.

John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

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

Lancashire Online Parish Clerks
An extremely useful resource for research in Lancashire Parishes http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/

Church Records
The Independent churches were ones in which each congregation was autonomous, upholding the principles of independence. In the 19th century they became known as Congregational.

In 1972 the Congregational church joined with the English Presbyterian church to become the United Reformed Church.

Lodge lane Independent church Elswick is now known as Elswick Memorial United Reformed Church

http://www.elswickchurch.org.uk/

Elswick- Independent Baptisms-1717-1809, 1832-1846- MFPR 270. Burials-1836-1837- MFPR 270.

The Manchester Room and Greater Manchester County Record Office Email: archiveslocalstudies@manchester.gov.uk

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

Church records, 1717-1837 Microfilm of original records in the Public Record Office, London. Includes baptisms, 1717-1836 and burials, 1836-1837. Public Record Office nos.: RG4/2314, 2315, 1039.



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

Poor Law Unions
Fylde Poor Law Union, Lancashire