Leyland, Lancashire Genealogy

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

Parish History
LEYLAND (St Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chorley, hundred of Leyland, N. division of the county of Lancaster; consisting of the chapelries of Euxton, Heapey, and Hoghton, and the townships of Clayton-le-Woods, Cuerden, Leyland, Wheelton, Whittlele-Woods, and Withnell. Leyland is 4½ miles northwest of Chorley. At Euxton, Heapey, Hoghton, Whittle-le-Woods, and Withnell are separate chapels. For other places in the parish see a List of Chapelries Within Leyland Parish. There are places of worship for Wesleyan Methodists, Independents, and Roman Catholics.

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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
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Chapelry is a church or churches built in a large ecclesiastical parish to help the members attend worship services closer to their homes.

Chapelries of Leyland

 * 1647-1996 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Catholic

 * 1628 - 1628 List of Recusants in Laylande FamilySearch Digital Library (p. 180)
 * 1628 - 1628 List of Recusants in Cuerden FamilySearch Digital Library (p. 182)
 * 1628 - 1628 List of Recusants in Claytonn FamilySearch Digital Library (p. 182)
 * 1628 - 1628 List of Recusants in Wheeleton and Heapey FamilySearch Digital Library (p. 183)

Poor Law Unions
Chorley Poor Law Union, Lancashire

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.

Taxation

 * 1628 - 1628 Subsidy of Leylande FamilySearch Digital Library (p. 170)
 * 1628 - 1628 Subsidy of Wheeleton and Heapey FamilySearch Digital Library (p. 171)
 * 1628 - 1628 Subsidy of Cuerden FamilySearch Digital Library (p. 170)
 * 1665 - Lancashire Hearth Tax: Leyland Hundred, Clayton le Woods. E 179/132/351, The National Archives. Microfilm:.
 * 1665 - Lancashire Hearth Tax: Leyland Hundred, Leyland. E 179/132/351, The National Archives. Microfilm:.
 * 1665 - Lancashire Hearth Tax: Leyland Hundred, Wheelton. E 179/132/351, The National Archives. Microfilm:.

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