Adlington, Lancashire Genealogy

Guide to Adlington, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
ADLINGTON, a township with a chapelry, in the parish of Standish, in the union of Chorley, hundred of Leyland, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 4 miles (N.) from Wigan. The townships of Adlington, Anderton, Duxbury, and Heath-Charnock, in the parish, form a district chapelry; and a church, a neat structure in the Norman style, has been erected by Her Majesty's Commissioners.

Census
The following two web sites provide online data at no cost, which covers Adlington chapelry for 1881 and the 1901 censuses:

1881 - FamilySearch

1901 - 1901CensusOnline

Lancashire census records have been indexed and transcribed countywide, and made available online by the following subscription web sites for the census years, 1841-1911:


 * Ancestry.co.uk
 * findmypast.com
 * TheGenealogist.co.uk

Church Records

 * 1538 - 1910 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1603 - 1910 at FamilySearch — index and images

Online Records
Adlington chapelry registers, along with those of the ancient parish of Standish to which it is attached, have been transcribed to a considerable extent, and are available online at the following websites :

Here are the online transcriptions and indexes by chapelry and ranges of years:

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Adlington and comprising the whole ancient parish of Standish to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the STANDISH PARISH page.

Catholic

 * 1628 - FamilySearch Digital Library List of Recusants in Duxburye and Adlington (p. 173)

Non-Conformist Churches

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images
 * 1647-1996 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Civil Registration of Births, Marriages &amp; Deaths - 1837 to the Present
Learn key information about England Civil Registration (vital records) of birth, marriages and deaths on the England main page.

Online Indexes

There are two separate (free) indexes available for Lancashire civil registration of births, marriages and deaths. One index covers all registrations nation-wide, and one index covers the copies of the local registration district office's certificate copies for all registration districts throughout Lancashire, as follows:


 * FreeBMD - an online (free) index to the certificates held at the General Registrar's Office, formerly in London, now in Solihull, Merseyside, UK. The years currently covered in this index include July, 1837 to at least 1940.
 * LancashireBMD - an online index (free) to the local superintendant's registrar of births, marriages and deaths for all registration districts throughout Lancashire, for the following range of years and their events: births 1837-1974; marriages 1837-2010; deaths 1837-1975.
 * Lancashire-OPC.org.uk provides numerous parish and chapel transcriptions online (free) for the post-1837 to 1910 period, including some marriages which are replicas of those marriage certificates kept by the General Registrar's Office and local Registration District Offices throughout the country.

Other Indexes

FamilySearch's Family History Library from July, 1837 to 1983 in microform media.

Genealogy
Hart of Anderton, Ashton-in-Makerfield and Hindley by Swain, Margaret. History and Pedigree chart of James Hart and Ellen Roscoe-Kirkham dating from 1640-1942. Other surnames listed Mortland, Low, Green, Doodson, Glover, Rigby, Kerfoot, Jones, Bridge, Poole, Baxter, Laston, Marton, Swain, Faber, Miller, Cripwell, Sorg. Article to be found in Lancashire Family History &amp; Heraldry Soc. Magazine Vol. 7, no.3. pages 18-29. FHL Ref. 942.72 B2r

Poor Law Unions
Chorley Poor Law Union, Lancashire

Probate
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. To search indexes and original probate records, go to the Lancashire Probate Records and follow the steps to find possible wills for ancestors in Lancashire.

Taxation

 * 1628 - FamilySearch Digital Library Subsidy of Duxburye and Addlington}} (p. 167)

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * OldMapsOnline
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
 Adlington on GENUKI