Family History Library Catalog

Title
Parish records in St. Mary's Church in Lancaster, 1707-1900

Authors
Church of England. St. Mary's Church (Lancaster, Lancashire) (Main Author)

Notes
Microfilm of original records at the Lancashire Record Office, Preston.
Contains clergy account book for Lancaster and the chapelries or townships within the parish, including details of income from mortuaries, tithe, land tax, poor and other rate assessments and marriages oblations, and references are made to "Papists" and "Quakers"; also includes accounts, 1739-1766 of (Revd. James Fenton's) payments to his family, including account of the furnishing of his sons's chamber at the Inner Temple in London; also includes miscellaneous related papers, including valuation of lands in Bulk, 1734; sequestration order; churchwardens' accounts, 1750-1900; churchwardens' ledger, 1854-1875; offertory account book, 1886-1893; records of subscribers and subscriptions to purchase of organ and salary of organist, 1727-1741; estimates, subscriptions book accounts plans and correspondence concerning the restoration of the church, 1852-1872; churchwardens' accounts, 1854-1868; church rate accounts, 1826-1862; church rate assessment book, 1819.
High reduction (42X) microfilm. Use high magnification reader.
Lancashire Record Office: PR 3262/2/1-2; 3262/4/1-3, 7-10

Subjects
England, Lancashire, Lancaster - Church records
England, Lancashire, Lancaster - Poorhouses, poor law, etc.
England, Lancashire, Lancaster - Land and property
England, Lancashire, Lancaster - Public records

Format
Manuscript (On Film)

Language
English

Publication
Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988

Physical
on 1 microfilm reel ; 16 mm.

Film Notes
Note - Location [Film]
Parish records in St. Mary's Church in Lancaster, 1707-1900 - FHL BRITISH Film [ 1544766 Items 12-24 ]