Flixton, Lancashire Genealogy
Guide to Flixton, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Flixton, Lancashire | |
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| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Salford |
| County | Lancashire |
| Poor Law Union | Barton upon Irwell |
| Registration District | Barton upon Irwell |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1570 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1606 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Manchester |
| Diocese | Manchester |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Location of Archive | |
| Lancashire Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
FLIXTON (St. Michael), a parish, in the hundred of Salford, S. division of Lancashire; containing the township of Urmston. St Michaels Church (Church of England) has existed since at least 1150 AD. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.[1]
Flixton has been recorded as Fluxton, Flaxtown, Flyxton, Flyxeton, and Flixtone, amongst other spellings. It has been suggested that Flixton derives its name from "Fleecetown" because of its 14th-century connection with the woolen industry. Flixton first appears in historical records in 1177 however, making that toponymy seem unlikely. The name is more probably of Scandinavian origin, perhaps deriving from the Viking called Flikke or Flikkr who is credited with bringing Christianity to the area. The Anglo-Saxon ton means dwelling place, hence Flikke's ton.
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Online Records
- 1538 - 1910 England, Lancashire, Parish Registers 1538-1910 at FamilySearch — index
- 1603 - 1910 England, Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1603-1910 at FamilySearch — index and images
The parish of Flixton (with parish registers commencing in the year 1570) has much online data which is now accessible to view and not only for its own parish registers but for many of its attached chapelries as well. These parish and chapel registers are now available for the following chapels and range of years:
| AC = Ancestry.co.uk (£) | |||||
| FMP = findmypast (£) | |||||
| FREG = FreeReg | |||||
| FS = FamilySearch.org | |||||
| LBMD = LancashireBMD.org.uk | |||||
| LOPC = Lancashire Online Parish Clerk |
| FLIXTON PARISH (1570) Indexes | |||||||||||
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| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | |||||||||
| AC | 1570-1812 | 1570-1812 | 1570-1812 | ||||||||
| AC | 1813-1915 | 1754-1930 | 1813-1886 | ||||||||
| FS | 1570-1833 | 1570-1935 | None | ||||||||
| LOPC | 1845-1894 | 1837-1916 | None | ||||||||
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MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL - OUR LADY, ST GEORGE AND ST DENYS (1573) Indexes | |||||||||||
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Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | ||||||||
| FS | 1573-1872 | 1573-1889 | None | ||||||||
| LOPC | 1573-1616;1777-1837 | 1573-1616;1782-1836 - part. yrs | 1573-1616;1792-1836 - part. yrs | ||||||||
| LBMD | 1837-1881 | 1837-1946 | 1837-1881 | ||||||||
| AC | 1573-1616 | 1573-1616 | 1573-1616 | ||||||||
Parish registers for Flixton, 1570-1954:
Microfilm copy of original registers filmed and formerly held at the Manchester Archives Central Library in Manchester, England. Manchester Archives Central Library call nos.: M148/1/23/1-4, M148/1/24/1-5.
FamilySearch has microfilmed these parish registers as well, as follows:
| Content |
Film |
| Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1570-1752. |
FHL BRITISH Film 2357361 Items 5 - 6 |
| Baptisms, burials, 1752-1787; marriages, 1752-1754. Baptisms, burials, 1787-1812. Baptisms, 1813-1931. Marriages, 1754-1793. |
FHL BRITISH Film 2357390 |
| Marriages, 1793-May 1951. |
FHL BRITISH Film 2357391 |
| Marriages, May 1951-1952. Burials, 1813-1886. Banns, 1825-1915, 1940-1954. |
FHL BRITISH Film 2357392 Items 1 - 10 |
The Manchester Room and Greater Manchester County Record Office
Email: archiveslocalstudies@manchester.gov.uk
The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)
Flixton- St Michael
Banns-1825-1915- MFPR 2096
Banns-1950-1954- MFPR 2096
Baptisms-1571-1752- MFPR 838
Baptisms-1752-1812- MFPR 838 or MFPR 2094
Baptisms-1813-1845- MFPR 839 or MFPR 2094
Baptisms-1845-1930- MFPR 2094
Baptisms-1930-1990- Archives L141
Baptisms Transcript-1571-1730- 929.342731 FL(391)
Baptisms Transcript-1571-1812- MFPR 398
Baptisms Transcript-1731-1812- 929.342731 FL(391)
Burials-1570-1752- MFPR 838
Burials-1752-1812- MFPR 838 or MFPR 2094
Burials-1813-1839- MFPR 839 or MFPR 2096
Burials-1839-1873- MFPR 2096
Burials-1873-1886- MFPR 2096 (draft register)
Burials Transcript-1570-1730- 929.342731 FL(391)
Burials Transcript-1570-1812- MFPR 398
Burials Transcript-1731-1812- 929.342731 FL(391)
Marriage Index-1754-1812- F929.3272 Be1
Marriages-1570-1752- MFPR 838
Marriages1752-1754- MFPR 838 or MFPR 2094
Marriages-1754-1793- MFPR 839 or MFPR 2094 or MFPR 2095
Marriages-1793-1837- MFPR 839 or MFPR 2095
Marriages-1837-1951- MFPR 2095
Marriages-1951-1952- MFPR 2096
Marriages-1952-1993- Archives L141
Marriages Transcript-1570-1730- 929.342731 FL(391)
Marriages Transcript-1570-1654- MFPR 398
Marriages Transcript-1655-1812- MFPR 399
Marriages Transcript-1731-1812- 929.342731 FL(391)
Bishop's transcripts for Flixton, 1606-1847 Microreproduction of original manuscripts filmed at the Lancashire Record Office, Preston.
Lancashire Record Office: DRM/2/109-110b
| Content |
Film |
| Baptisms, marriages and burials, 1606-1641, 1670-1708, 1721-1770 |
FHL BRITISH Film 1545555 Items 5 - 6 |
| Baptisms, marriages and burials, 1796-1847 |
FHL BRITISH Film 1545556 Items 1-3 |
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. 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]
Barton upon Irwell Lancashire Poor Law Union
Probate records
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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[edit | edit source]
- 1541 - 1541 Subsidy of Flyxton (p. 143)[2]
- 1622 - 1622 Subsidy of Flixton (p. 154)[2]
Maps and Gazetteers
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Websites[edit | edit source]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A. , A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 244-248. Date accessed: 13 August 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.P. Earwaker, Three Lancashire Subsidy Rolls, viz., for the Hundred of Salford, 1541, the Hundred of Salford, 1622 and the Hundred of Leyland, 1628, Together with a Recusant Roll for the Hundred of Leyland, in 1628 (London: Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1885). Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
