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Lancashire is one of England's most populated counties. Lancashire possessed 75 ancient parishes, far fewer than most England counties. To handle a population explosion, the Church of England divided most of the Lancashire parishes into chapelries. The end result was 400 chapelries within the 75 parishes of Lancashire.

Chapelries
Each chapelry (church) kept their own separate church registers of christenings, often burial and sometimes marriage registers as well. Most chapelries did not obtain "parish" status and were not granted 'licence' to marry couples until after 1836. The vast majority of Lancashire's chapels and district churches never received "parish" status until modern times, mostly by the twentieth century.
 * To Find a chapelry, click on a link below:
 * A-B Chapelries
 * C-F Chapelries
 * G-K Chapelries
 * L-M Chapelries
 * N-Q Chapelries
 * R-T Chapelries
 * U-Z Chapelries