Flixton, Lancashire Genealogy

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Parish History
FLIXTON St Michael, a parish, in the hundred of Salford, S. division of Lancashire; containing, with the township of Urmston, 2230 inhabitants, of whom 1459 are in the township of Flixton, 7 miles west by southwest from Manchester.

There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Flixton has been recorded as Fluxton, Flaxtown, Flyxton, Flyxeton, and Flixtone, amongst other spellings. It has been suggested that Flixton derives its name from "Fleecetown" because of its 14th-century connection with the woollen industry. Flixton first appears in historical records in 1177 however, making that toponymy seem unlikely. The name is more probably of Scandinavian origin, perhaps deriving from the Viking called Flikke or Flikkr who is credited with bringing Christianity to the area. The Anglo-Saxon ton means dwelling place, hence Flikke's ton.

Flixton St Michaels Church (Church of England) which has existed since at least 1150 AD.

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
Online Records

The parish of Flixton (with parish registers commencing in the year 1570) has much online data which is now accessible to view and not only for its own parish registers but for many of its attached chapelries as well. These parish and chapel registers are now available for the following chapels and range of years:

[Note: FS = FamilySearch.org; LOPC = Lancashire Online Parish Clerk; AC = Ancestry.Co.uk]

Parish registers for Flixton, 1570-1954:

Microfilm copy of original registers filmed and formerly held at the Manchester Archives Central Library in Manchester, England. Manchester Archives Central Library call nos.: M148/1/23/1-4, M148/1/24/1-5. FamilySearch has microfilmed these parish registers as well, as follows:

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

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

Flixton- St Michael Banns-1825-1915- MFPR 2096 Banns-1950-1954- MFPR 2096 Baptisms-1571-1752- MFPR 838 Baptisms-1752-1812- MFPR 838 or MFPR 2094 Baptisms-1813-1845- MFPR 839 or MFPR 2094 Baptisms-1845-1930- MFPR 2094 Baptisms-1930-1990- Archives L141 Baptisms Transcript-1571-1730- 929.342731 FL(391) Baptisms Transcript-1571-1812- MFPR 398 Baptisms Transcript-1731-1812- 929.342731 FL(391) Burials-1570-1752- MFPR 838 Burials-1752-1812- MFPR 838 or MFPR 2094 Burials-1813-1839- MFPR 839 or MFPR 2096 Burials-1839-1873- MFPR 2096 Burials-1873-1886- MFPR 2096 (draft register) Burials Transcript-1570-1730- 929.342731 FL(391) Burials Transcript-1570-1812- MFPR 398 Burials Transcript-1731-1812- 929.342731 FL(391) Marriage Index-1754-1812- F929.3272 Be1 Marriages-1570-1752- MFPR 838 Marriages1752-1754- MFPR 838 or MFPR 2094 Marriages-1754-1793- MFPR 839 or MFPR 2094 or MFPR 2095 Marriages-1793-1837- MFPR 839 or MFPR 2095 Marriages-1837-1951- MFPR 2095 Marriages-1951-1952- MFPR 2096 Marriages-1952-1993- Archives L141 Marriages Transcript-1570-1730- 929.342731 FL(391) Marriages Transcript-1570-1654- MFPR 398 Marriages Transcript-1655-1812- MFPR 399 Marriages Transcript-1731-1812- 929.342731 FL(391)

Bishop's transcripts for Flixton, 1606-1847 Microreproduction of original manuscripts filmed at the Lancashire Record Office, Preston. Lancashire Record Office: DRM/2/109-110b

Poor Law Unions
Barton upon Irwell 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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