Preston Christ Church, Lancashire Genealogy

England Lancashire  Lancashire Parishes

Chapel History
Preston Christ Church was an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1836 from Preston_St_Wilfrid,_Lancashire Ancient Parish.

The church in Bow Lane closed in 1963

Christ Church Preston was consecrated October 11th, 1836; it is in the pure Norman style, with two turrets, and cost £3000: the living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £215; patrons, Five Trustees. It stood within the civil parish boundaries of St John Preston.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis (1848), pp. 609-616. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51223 Date accessed: 20 July 2010.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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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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