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Lancashire
Published in 1828, Pigot's Directory describes Lancashire as "A
palatine and maritime county, in consequence eminently conspicuous as regards
manufactures, and of immeasurable importance in its value to the revenue of this
kingdom...
The climate of Lancashire is humid, yet is the air generally
pure and salubrious; on the north and eastern boundaries, in the elevated
regions, it is of course cold and piercing, but in the lower districts towards
the south and west, it is in general mild and genial: and although the
occupations of a great body of the inhabitants in the manufacturing districts
may be supposed to be unfavourable to health, such is the influence of the
climate, that as many old people are found in this county in proportion to the
number of inhabitants as in most other parts of the kingdom..."
Under the heading of manufactures, "unless many pages
were devoted to it, justice could not be done to the vast subject... The county
has prospered by all fabrics produced from the fleece, the labours of the
silk-worm, and the culture of flax, but more especially by the never-failing
bounty of the cotton tree... Inkles, tapes, checks, woollens, flannels, baizes,
linens, fine fabrics of cotton and hats, all rank amongst the manufactures of
this county; besides silk, which of late years has increased to a prodigious
importance. Calico printing, bleaching and dying are performed on a large scale;
machine making, iron founding and paper making claim a considerable share of
consequence; and the glass and earthenware manufacturing establishments are very
numerous..."
Family History, Genealogy and
Local History Research Information for Lancashire
| Location |
Lancashire
is situated in the north west of England. It is bordered on the north by
Cumbria (formerly Cumberland and Westmorland), on the east by Yorkshire,
on the south by Cheshire and Derbyshire and on the west by the Irish Sea. |
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| Population
of Lancashire |
| 1801 |
672,731 |

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| 1811 |
828,309 |
| 1821 |
1,052,948 |
| 1831 |
1,336,854 |
| 1841 |
1,667,054 |
| 1851 |
2,031,236 |
| 1861 |
2,429,440 |
| 1871 |
2,819,465 |
| 1881 |
3,454,441 |
| 1891 |
3,906,721 |
| 1901 |
4,387,043 |
| 1911 |
4,767,832 |
| 1921 |
4,927,484 |
| 1931 |
5,039,455 |
| 1951 |
5,117,853 |
| 1961 |
5,129,416 |
| 1971 |
5,118,423 |
| 1981 |
5,441,328 |
| 1991 |
5,287,081 |
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Size
of Lancashire in acres
(boundary
changes)
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| 1831 |
1,117,260 |

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| 1841 |
1,117,260 |
| 1851 |
1,219,221 |
| 1861 |
1,219,221 |
| 1871 |
1,207,926 |
| 1881 |
1,208,154 |
| 1891 |
1,202,726 |
| 1901 |
1,196,753 |
| 1911 |
1,194,919 |
| 1921 |
1,194,555 |
| 1931 |
1,200,122 |
| 1951 |
1,201,933 |
| 1961 |
1,201,850 |
| 1971 |
1,202,955 |
| 1981 |
1,236,048 |
| 1991 |
1,238,164 |
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| Directories
covering Lancashire |
| 1766 |
Gore's Directory of
Liverpool |
| 1791 |
Universal
British Directory |
| 1794 |
Scholes' Manchester &
Salford Directory |
| 1797 |
Scholes' Manchester &
Salford Directory |
| 1800 |
Manchester & Salford
Directory |
| 1805-07 |
Holden's Triennial
Directory - Blackburn |
| 1805-07 |
Holden's Triennial
Directory - Bolton |
| 1805-07 |
Holden's Triennial
Directory - Lancaster |
| 1805-07 |
Holden's Triennial
Directory - Liverpool |
| 1805-07 |
Holden's Triennial
Directory - Manchester |
| 1805-07 |
Holden's Triennial
Directory - Preston |
| 1805-07 |
Holden's Triennial
Directory - Rochdale |
| 1805-07 |
Holden's Triennial
Directory - Stockport |
| 1805-07 |
Holden's Triennial
Directory - Warrington |
| 1805-07 |
Holden's Triennial
Directory - Wigan |
| 1821-2 |
Pigot & Dean's New
Directory of Manchester and Salford |
| 1825 |
Baines' History, Directory
and Gazeteer of Lancashire |
| 1825 |
Gore's Liverpool Directory |
| 1827 |
Gore's Directory of
Liverpool |
| 1828-9 |
Pigot's Directory of
Lancashire |
| 1829 |
Gore's Directory of
Liverpool |
| 1829 |
White's History, Directory
& Gazetteer of Lancashire |
| 1839 |
Robson's Directory of
Birmingham, Sheffield etc. |
| 1841 |
Pigot's Directoryof
Lancashire |
| 1841 |
Pigot & Slater's
Directory of Manchester & Salford |
| 1847 |
Slater's Directories of
Important English Towns |
| 1849 |
White's History &
Directory of Birmingham, etc. |
| 1850 |
Slater's Directory of
Manchester & Salford |
| 1851 |
Mannex History &
Directory of Westmorland, etc. |
| 1853 |
Whellan's Directory of
Manchester & Salford |
| 1853 |
Gore's Directory of
Liverpool & its Environs |
| 1854 |
Mannex History and
Directory of Mid Lancashire |
| 1859 |
Slater's Directory of
Lancashire etc. |
| 1863 |
Slater's Directory of
Manchester and Salford |
| 1876 |
Slater's Directory of
Manchester & Salford |
| 1877-8 |
Slater's Directory of
Manchester & Salford |
| 1879 |
Slater's Directory of
Manchester & Salford |
| 1883 |
Slater's Directory of
Manchester & Salford |
| 1886 |
Slater's Directory of
Manchester & Salford |
| 1891 |
Worrall's Cotton Spinners
& Manufacturers Directory |
| 1894 |
Kelly's Directory of
Liverpool & Birkenhead |
| 1895 |
Slater's Manchester &
Salford Directory |
| 1896 |
General & Commercial
Directory of Burnley etc. |
| 1900 |
Gore's Directory of
Liverpool & Birkenhead |
| 1903 |
Slater's Manchester,
Salford & Suburban Directory |
| 1909 |
Slater's Manchester,
Salford & Suburban Directory |
| 1911 |
Slater's Manchester,
Salford & Suburban Directory |
| 1912 |
Bulmer's History &
Directory of Lancaster & District |
| 1917 |
General & Commercial
Directory of Preston |
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| Districts |
Lancashire was divided
into six Hundreds: Amounderness, Blackburn, Leyland, Lonsdale, Salford and
West Derby. In 1828
there were 66 parishes, 29 market towns and 442 townships. |
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| Alternatives |
Lancashire is abbreviated
to Lancs. |
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| Resources
for family history research in Lancashire |
| 1710-74 |
Inland Revenue Board of Stamps
Apprenticeship Records |
| 1787-1854 |
Trinity House Petitions
Index |
| 1841 |
Census - Lancashire |
| 1842 |
Children's Employment Commission Report
Part Two |
| 1851 |
Census - Lancashire |
| 1861 |
Census - Lancashire |
| 1871 |
Census - Lancashire |
| 1873 |
Return of Owners of Land |
| 1881 |
Census - Lancashire |
| 1891 |
Census - Lancashire |
| 1895 |
Mackenzie's Comprehensive
Gazetteer of England and Wales |
| 1901 |
Census - Lancashire |
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Birth and Baptism Records |
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Marriage Records |
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Burial Records |
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| Transcriptions
Order a transcription from a Lancashire resource
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Village
Profile
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Order
a Village Profile of a Lancashire village
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| Parishes,
Towns and Places |
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T U V W
X Y Z
| A |
| Abram |
| Accrington |
| Adlington |
| Aigburth |
| Aighton |
| Ainsworth |
| Aintree |
| Aldcliffe |
| Aldingham |
| Alkrington |
| Allerton |
| Alston |
| Altcar |
| Altham |
| Ancoats |
| Anderton |
| Anfield |
| Angerton |
| Anglezarke |
| Ardwick |
| Arkholme with Cawood |
| Ashton |
| Ashton
on Ribble |
| Ashton with Stodday |
| Ashton-in-Makerfield |
| Ashton-under-Lyne |
| Ashworth |
| Aspull |
| Astley |
| Atherton |
| Aughton |
| Aughton By Ormskirk |
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| B |
| Bacup |
| Bailey |
| Balderstone By Blackburn |
| Bamber Bridge |
| Bamford |
| Barley with Wheatley Booth |
| Barnacre with Bonds |
| Barrow in Furness |
| Barrowford Booth |
| Barton |
| Barton on Irwell |
| Bedford |
| Beswick |
| Bickerstaffe |
| Billinge |
| Billington |
| Bilsborrow |
| Birch In Rusholme |
| Birkdale |
| Birtle cum Bamford |
| Bispham (Croston) |
| Bispham with Norbreck
(Blackpool) |
| Blackburn |
| Blackley |
| Blackpool |
| Blackrod |
| Blatchinworth and Calderbrook |
| Blawith |
| Bleasdale |
| Bold |
| Bolton |
| Bolton-le-Moors |
| Bolton-le-Sands |
| Boothstown |
| Bootle and Linacre |
| Borwick |
| Bradford |
| Bradshaw |
| Breightmet |
| Bretherton |
| Briercliffe and Extwistle |
| Brierfield |
| Brindle |
| Brinscall |
| Broughton (Preston) |
| Broughton (Salford) |
| Broughton East |
| Broughton in Furness |
| Bryning with Kellamergh |
| Bulk |
| Burnage |
| Burnley |
| Burrow with Burrow |
| Burscough |
| Burtonwood |
| Bury |
| Butterworth |
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| C |
| Cabus |
| Cadishead |
| Calderbrook |
| Cantsfield |
| Carleton |
| Carnforth |
| Cartmel |
| Cartmel Fell |
| Castleton |
| Caton |
| Catterall |
| Chadderton |
| Chaigley |
| Charnock Richard |
| Chatburn |
| Cheetham |
| Childwall |
| Chipping |
| Chorley |
| Chorlton on
Medlock |
| Chorlton-cum-Hardy |
| Chowbent |
| Church Kirk |
| Claife |
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