Sharples St Thomas

England   Lancashire  Lancashire Parishes

Chapelry History
Belmont St Peter's Chapelry was created by the year 1850 from Bolton, Little [All Saints] and in which both were created to serve parts of the large ancient of parish boundary of Bolton le Moors St Peter, Lancashire.

Other places in the parish include: Eagley Bank, Little Bolton Lower End, Little Bolton Higher End, and Horrocks Fold.

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

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

Online Records
 Church of England 

Bolton Le Moors All Saints chapelry's registers of christenings, marriages and burials, along with those of the ancient parish of Bolton Le Moors St. Peter to which it is attached, have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following web sites and ranges of years:

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Belmont St Peter's Chapelry and comprising the whole ancient parish of Bolton Le Moors St. Peter to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the BOLTON LE MOORS ST PETER PARISH page.

These chapelry registers will soon be deposited at the Manchester Room and Greater Manchester County Record Office Email: archiveslocalstudies@manchester.gov.uk following its re-opening after refurbishment.

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

Poor Law Unions
Bolton, 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.

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


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain