Liverpool St Peter and St Nicholas, Lancashire Genealogy
Guide to the ancient parochial or mother parish of Liverpool St Peter and St Nicholas, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Here's a Comprehensive List of Liverpool Parishes and Chapelries
Liverpool St Peter and St Nicholas, Lancashire | |
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Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
Civil Jurisdictions | |
Hundred | Liverpool |
County | Lancashire, England Genealogy |
Poor Law Union | Liverpool |
Registration District | Liverpool |
Records begin | |
Parish registers: 1659 | |
Bishop's Transcripts: 1604 | |
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
Rural Deanery | Liverpool North |
Diocese | Chester |
Province | York |
Legal Jurisdictions | |
Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory) |
Location of Archive | |
Lancashire Archives | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
LIVERPOOL (St Peter with St Nicholas) is the ancient parish and a major market town in the county of Lancashire, created in 1699 from Walton on the Hill St Mary, Lancashire Genealogy Ancient Parish. Other places in the parish include: Castle Street, St Thomas, Dale Street, Great Howard Street, Islington, Lime Street, Lime Street and St Anne's Pitt Street and Great George, Liverpool Exchange, Liverpool St Peter, Mount Pleasant, Rodney, Rodney and Abercrombie, Scotland, St George, St Martin, St Paul's and Exchange, and Castle Street and St Peter's.
For an extensive 1848 perspective on Liverpool, Lancashire, see Lewis' St Peter with St Nicholas was the ancient and civilparish of Liverpool, commencing in ancient times. Its surviving registers begin in the year 1604. (To see a list of churches and chapels in greater Liverpool, be certain to view the Comprehensive List of Liverpool Parishes and Chapelries and to learn of the availability of their respective baptism and burial registers (only a few chapelries within Liverpool Parish were allowed to marry, hence very few marriage registers exist especially 1754 to 1837.)[1]
[Anyone with knowledge on Liverpool's Nonconformist denominations is welcome to write a brief study, here.]
Humphreys, R.H. The Welsh in Liverpool. A description of Welsh activities in Liverpool. Includes a list of Welsh nonconformist chapels. The author, suggests using Welsh newspapers for birth, marriages and deaths and provides a list of newspapers. Article covers years 1850-1887, to be found in journal called Hel Achau, no. 6. May 1982, pages 5-8, Family History Library Ref. 942.93 D25h
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths from July, 1837 to present day were kept by the government. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are for Lancashire, some Internet sites which offer significant content for Lancashire ancestry. These include, but are not limited to the following:
- LancashireBMD which currently approaches 20 million entries of birth, marriages and deaths for this county. The online index in most entries provides the name of the parish (or chapel of ease) where the marriage was performed.
- FreeBMD provides mostly indexed births, marriages and deaths from 1837 to 1945
Church Records [edit | edit source]
Online Records
- 1538 - 1910 England, Lancashire, Parish Registers 1538-1910 at FamilySearch — index
There are online transcriptions for many of the Liverpool City's ecclesiastical parishes--including Liverpool's ancient parish of St Nicholas, and the baptism, marriage and burial registers of many of its numerous chapelries lying within its boundaries. Displayed below are those parishes and chapelries (including St Nicholas Parish) with links to available online data located at the following websites; note the ranges of years:
AC = Ancestry.co.uk (£) | |||||
FMP = findmypast (£) | |||||
FREG = FreeReg | |||||
FS = FamilySearch.org | |||||
GENGLD = Genogold | |||||
GLUK = GenealogyLinksUK | |||||
IARC = Internet Archive | |||||
LBMD = LancashireBMD.org.uk | |||||
LOPC = Lancashire Online Parish Clerk |
LIVERPOOL ST NICHOLAS PARISH (1604) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1604-1894 | 1604-1911 | 1779-1787;1809-1825 | ||
LOPC | 1776-1865 | 1788-1838 | 1776-1854 | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-1939 | None | ||
AC | 1659-1812 | 1659-1812 | 1659-1812 | ||
LIVERPOOL ALL SAINTS Chapelry (1815) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1847-1906 | 1815-1921 | 1756-1919 | ||
LOPC | 1835-1838 | 1876-1906 | 1835-1838 | ||
LBMD | 1849-1936 | None | |||
LIVERPOOL ALL SOULS Chapelry (1850) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1850-1894 | 1856-1914 | None | ||
LOPC | 1854-1923 | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1856-1923 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL CHRIST CHURCH HOMER ST Chapelry (1797) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1797-1811; 1870-1896 | 1800-1837;1870-1906 | None | ||
LOPC | 1797-1919 | 1800-1825 | 1800-1878 | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-1935 | None | ||
AC | 1797-1906 | 1797-1921 | 1797-1974 | ||
LIVERPOOL CHRIST CHURCH HUNTER STREET Chapelry (1841) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | ||||
LBMD | None | 1837-1935 | None | ||
AC | |||||
LIVERPOOL HOLY INNOCENTS Chapelry (1861) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | 1861-1914 | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1861-1935 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL HOLY TRINITY Chapelry (1792) Indexes - see also St Mary Magdalen | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1803-1843;1886-1896 | 1802-1843 | None | ||
LOPC | 1813-1898 | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-1966 | None | ||
AC | 1792-1812 | 1792-1812 | 1792-1812 | ||
LIVERPOOL MARINER'S CHAPEL (1835) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST ALBANS Chapelry (1850) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1871-1879;1896-1910 | 1870-1876 | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1850-1947 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST ANDREW Chapelry (1774) Indexes - also see Aigburth's chapelries | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1815-1874 | 1851-1892 | 1774-1812 | ||
LOPC | 1875-1904 | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1851-1935 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST ANNE RICHMOND Chapelry (1773) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1773-1910 | 1777-1831 | None | ||
LOPC | 1792-1968 | 1789-1822 | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1897-1965 | None | ||
AC | 1773-1812 | 1773-1812 | 1773-1812 | ||
LIVERPOOL ST BARNABAS (1841) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1855-1856 | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1841-1939 - part. | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST BARTHOLOMEW Chapelry (1841) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1841-1894 | None | None | ||
LOPC | 1841-1929 | 1843-1922 | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1843-1935 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST BRIDE Chapelry (1830) Indexes - see TOXTETH PARK ST BRIDE | |||||
LIVERPOOL ST CATHERINE Chapelry (1831) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1831-1894 | 1834-1898 | None | ||
LOPC | 1831-1927 | 1837-1859 | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-1841 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST COLUMBA Chapelry (1858) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1859-1897 | 1859-1913 | None | ||
LOPC | 1858-1909 | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1859-1935 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST DAVID Chapelry (1827) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1827-1832 | 1827-1832 | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-1935 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST GEORGE Chapelry (1734) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1734-1880 | 1734-1838 | None | ||
LOPC | 1797-1813 | 1760-1898 | 1813-1865 | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-1935 | None | ||
GLUK | 1856-1905 | 1856-1905 | |||
AC | 1734-1812 | 1734-1812 | 1734-1812 | ||
LIVERPOOL ST JAMES THE LESS Chapelry (1863) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1863-1898 | 1873-1896 | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1873-1956 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST JOHN Chapelry (1767) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1785-1894 | 1785-1841 | None | ||
LOPC | 1785-1898 | 1813-1840 | 1767-1786;1843-1865 | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-1935 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST JOHN THE BAPTIST Chapelry - see Toxteth Park | |||||
LIVERPOOL ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST Chapelry (1836) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | None | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST JUDE Chapelry (1831) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | ||||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-1940 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST LUKE Chapelry (1831) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1876-1894 | 1831-1896 | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-1940 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST MARK Chapelry (1816) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1817-1843 | 1816-1843 | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-1935 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST MARTIN-In-the-FIELDS Chapelry (1829) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1829-1876 | 1829-1837 | None | ||
LOPC | 1829-1901 | 1829-1946 | 1829-1865 | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-1935 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST MARY MAGDALEN Chapelry (1858) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1876-1894 | 1862-1900 | None | ||
LOPC | 1858-1876 | 1862-1929 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST MARY-for-the-BLIND Chapelry (1829) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1833-1894 | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1862-1935 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST MATHIAS Chapelry (1834) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1834-1898 | None | None | ||
LOPC | 1834-1939 | 1850-1944 | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1850-1935 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST MATTHEW Chapelry (1849) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1798-1883 | 1861-1891 | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1861-1935 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST MICHAEL CHURCH STREET Chapelry (1826) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1826-1891 | 1830-1838 | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-1935 | None | ||
FMP | None | 1800-1837 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST PAUL Chapelry (1769) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1769-1896 | 1806-1841 | None | ||
LOPC | 1769-1901 | 1773-1901 | 1769-1856 | ||
LBMD | None | 1838-1935 | None | ||
AC | 1765-1812 | 1765-1812 | 1765-1812 | ||
LIVERPOOL ST PETER Chapelry (1704) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1704-1892 | 1709-1841 | None | ||
LOPC | 1704-1863 | 1704-1754;1823-1841 | 1704-1853 | ||
LBMD | None | 1851-1935 | None | ||
AC | 1754-1812 | 1754-1812 | 1754-1812 | ||
LIVERPOOL ST PHILIP Chapelry (1817) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
FREG | 1817-1911 | 1820-1832 | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1851-1935 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST SAVIOUR Chapelry (1841) Indexes - see also St Brides Toxteth Park | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1854-1939 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST SILAS Chapelry (1841) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1856-1910 | 1843-1900 | None | ||
LOPC | 1863-1868; 1875-1935 | ||||
LBMD | 1867-1958 | None | |||
LIVERPOOL ST SIMON Chapelry (1831) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1831-1910 | 1848-1910 | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1848-1935 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST STEPHEN Chapelry (1792) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1792-1910 | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1860-1935 | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST THOMAS Chapelry (1750) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1750-1869 | 1821-1893 | 1813-1850 | ||
LOPC | 1750-1905 | 1750-1905 | 1766-1875 | ||
LBMD | None | 1838-1935 | None | ||
AC | 1750-1812 | 1750-1812 | 1750-1812 | ||
LIVERPOOL ST TIMOTHY ROKEBY STREET Chapelry (1868) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1868-1897 | None | None | ||
LIVERPOOL ST TITUS Chapelry (1865) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1865-1875 | 1866-1900 | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1866-1935 | None | ||
TOXTETH PARK ALL SAINTS Chapelry (1885) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1885-1963 | None | ||
TOXTETH PARK CHRIST CHURCH Chapelry (1871) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1872-1973 | None | ||
TOXTETH PARK HOLY TRINITY Chapelry (1859) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
TOXTETH PARK ST BARNABAS Chapelry (1841) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1841-1892 | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | 1843-1935 | None | ||
TOXTETH PARK ST BEDE Chapelry (1882) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | 1882-1901 | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1887-1912 | None | ||
TOXTETH PARK ST BRIDES Chapelry (1831) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1831-1851 | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-1956 | None | ||
TOXTETH PARK ST CLEMENT Chapelry (1841) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1841-1856 | None | None | ||
LOPC | 1890-1895 | 1892-1901 | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1842-1951 | None | ||
TOXTETH PARK ST CLEOPAS MISSION CHURCH (1866) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1866-1897 | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
TOXTETH PARK ST GABRIEL Chapelry (1885) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-1935 | None | ||
TOXTETH PARK ST JAMES Chapelry (1775) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1783-1843 | 1775-1840 | None | ||
LOPC | 1775-1806 | 1775-1806 | 1778-1806 | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-1972 | None | ||
AC | 1774-1812 | 1774-1812 | 1774-1812 | ||
TOXTETH PARK ST JOHN THE BAPTIST Chapelry (1832) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1832-1881 | None | None | ||
LOPC | 1832-1893 | 1832-1841 | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1845-1937 | 15 | ||
TOXTETH PARK ST MARGARET Chapelry (1869) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | None | None | ||
TOXTETH PARK ST MATTHEW Chapelry (1851) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | 1875-1904 | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1858-1978 | None | ||
TOXTETH PARK ST MICHAEL-IN-THE-HAMLET Chapelry (1815) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | 1815-1859 | 1815-1837 | None | ||
LOPC | 1815-1909 | 1815-1904 | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1837-1939 | None | ||
TOXTETH PARK ST NATHANIEL Chapelry (1869) Indexes - recs at Liverpool RO | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
TOXTETH PARK ST PAUL Chapelry (1849) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1849-1963 | None | ||
TOXTETH PARK ST PHILEMON Chapelry (1873) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1875-1957 | None | ||
TOXTETH PARK ST SAVIOUR Chapelry (1841) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1843-1935 | None | ||
TOXTETH PARK ST SILAS Chapelry (1865) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None[1] | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1867-1958 | None | ||
TOXTETH PARK ST THOMAS-IN-THE-FIELDS Chapelry (1843?) Indexes | |||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||
FS | None | None | None | ||
LOPC | None | None | None | ||
LBMD | None | 1843-1935 | None |
Roman Catholics
Here are at least four Roman Catholic marriage indexes available for searching, online:
- Ancestry.co.uk has 3.3 million Roman Catholic entries in this online ($) database.
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Woolton, Liverpool 1757-1907 at Rootsweb.com
- Liverpool RC Marriages - 1837-1901
- Liverpool Area Roman Catholic Marriage Index - 1800-1900 (many Irish entries)
Original Records
Original parish and chapel registers are held at the Liverpool Record Office, William Brown Street, Liverpool L3 8EW, United Kingdom.
FamilySearch has microfilmed the original Liverpool St Peter parish and a majority of its numerous chapelry registers. These registers are mostly available at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A. and its 4,600 satellite FamilySearch Centers worldwide. These films may be ordered for and original baptism, marriage and burial entries may be viewed at these centers. Include below is information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records.
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Liverpool, Lancashire Poor Law Union
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites [edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 104-118.
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