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Guide to Hawkshead, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Parish History
HAWKSHEAD (St Michael), a market-town and a parish, in the union of Ulverston, hundred of Lonsdale north of the Sands, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 28 miles north by northwest of Lancaster, comprising the townships of Claife, Hawkshead, and Monk-Coniston with Skelwith, and the chapelry of Satterthwaite. Other places in the parish include: Borwick, Claife, Dale Park, Field Head, Gallowbarrow, Upper Claife, Grizedale, Hawkeshead with Monk Coniston and Skelwith, Henakin, Lower Claife, Monk Coniston and Skelwith, and Graythwaite. In the hamlet of Hawkshead Hill is a small place of worship for Baptists which began in 1709. Methodists also have a chapel, built around 1862, and Quakers by the year 1658 in Colthouse, 3-4 miles away.[1]
Here is a list of chapelries or chapels of ease built within the boundary of Hawkshead St Michael's Parish (as of 1848; see "Church Records" below for others):
To view a further historical summary of this ancient parish, visit The Ancient Church of St Michael and All Saints page (also see the footnote below).
Records Resources
The Family History Library's British collection has monumental transcriptions of Hawkshead parish and for the Society of Friends old burial ground.
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.
Read about England Civil Registration (vital records) of birth, marriages and deaths on the England main page.
Online Indexes
There are two separate (free) indexes available for Lancashire civil registration of births, marriages and deaths. One index covers all registrations nation-wide, and one index covers the copies of the local registration district office's certificate copies for all registration districts throughout Lancashire, as follows:
- FreeBMD - an online (free) index to the certificates held at the General Registrar's Office, formerly in London, now in Solihull, Merseyside, UK. The years currently covered in this index include July, 1837 to at least 1940.
- LancashireBMD - an online index (free) to the local superintendant's registrar of births, marriages and deaths for all registration districts throughout Lancashire, for the following range of years and their events: births 1837-1974; marriages 1837-2010; deaths 1837-1975.
- Lancashire-OPC.org.uk provides numerous parish and chapel transcriptions online (free) for the post-1837 to 1910 period.
Indexes
FamilySearch's Family History Library British collections holds the quarterly indexes of births, marriages and deaths from July, 1837 to 1983 in microform media.
Online Records
Hawkeshead parish registers have been mostly transcribed and/or indexed and published online at the following web sites:
FamilySearch has microfilm copies of the original Bishop's transcripts and/or parish registers for all three churches (above).
Non Conformist Records
Poor Law Unions
Ulverston Poor Law Union,Lancashire
Go to the Lancashire Probate Records and follow the step by step instructions to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction and search the records.
Taxation
- 1665-1667 - Lancashire Hearth Tax: Lonsdale Hundred, Hawkshead. E 179/132/352, The National Archives. Microfilm: FHL Film 2228692. Also includes Graythwaite.
Maps and Gazetteers
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Websites
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References
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| Topics | | | Parishes and Chapelries
(ancient parishes in bold) |
Accrington St James
• Adlington
• Admarsh
• Aigburth
• Ainsworth
• Aldingham
• Altcar
• Altham
• Ancoats All Souls
• Ancoats St Andrew
• Angerton
• Ardwick St Thomas
• Arkholme
• Ashton in Makerfield St Thomas
• Ashton in Makerfield Holy Trinity
• Ashton under Lyne Christ Church
• Ashton under Lyne St Michael
• Ashton under Lyne St Peter
• Ashton upon Ribble St Andrew
• Ashworth
• Astley
• Astley Bridge
• Atherton
• Audenshaw
• Aughton
• Bacup
• Balderstone
• Bamber Bridge St Saviour
• Bardsley
• Barrowford
• Barton
• Barton upon Irwell
• Bedford Leigh
• Beswick
• Bevington
• Bickerstaffe
• Billinge
• Birch in Hopwood
• Birch in Rusholme
• Bircle
• Birtle
• Bispham
• Blackburn Holy Trinity
• Blackburn St John
• Blackburn St Mary
• Blackburn St Michael and All Angels
• Blackburn St Paul
• Blackburn St Peter
• Blackley St Peter
• Blackpool St John
• Blackrod
• Blawith
• Bolton le Moors All Saints
• Bolton le Moors Christ Church
• Bolton le Moors Emmanuel
• Bolton le Moors Holy Trinity
• Bolton le Moors St George
• Bolton le Moors St Peter
• Bolton le Sands
• Little Bolton St John
• Bootle St Mary
• Bradshaw
• Brathay
• Bretherton
• Briercliffe
• Brindle
• Broughton
• Broughton in Furness
• Burnley St Paul
• Burnley St Peter
• Burnley St James
• Burscough Bridge
• Burton in Kendal
• Burton Wood
• Bury St John
• Bury St Mary
• Bury St Paul
• Butterworth
• Cartmel
• Cartmel Fell
• Castleton
• Caton with Littledale
• Chadderton St John
• Chadderton St Matthew
• Chatburn
• Cheetham Hill St Mark
• Cheetham Hill St Luke
• Childwall
• Chipping
• Chorley St George
• Chorley St Laurence
• Chorley St Peter
• Chorlton cum Hardy
• Chorlton upon Medlock All Saints
• Chorlton upon Medlock St Luke
• Chorlton upon Medlock St Saviour
• Church Coniston
• Church Kirk
• Claughton
• Claughton St Chad
• Clayton le Moors
• Clitheroe
• Clitheroe Castle
• Clitheroe St James
• Cockerham
• Cockersand Abbey
• Coldhurst
• Colne
• Colne Christ Church
• Colton
• Coniston
• Copp
• Coppull
• Croft with Southworth
• Crompton
• Crosby
• Crossens
• Croston
• Croxteth Park
• Dalton in Furness
• Darwen, Over
• Deane
• Dendron
• Denton
• Denton Christ Church
• Didsbury
• Dolphinholme, Lancashire Genealogy
• Downham
• Droylsden
• East Broughton
• East Crompton
• Eccles
• Eccleston St Mary (near Croston)
• Eccleston Christ Church (near Prescot)
• Eccleston St Thomas
• Edenfield
• Egton cum Newland
• Ellel
• Ellenbrook
• Elton
• Euxton
• Everton Christ Church
• Everton St Augustine
• Everton St George
• Everton St Peter
• Failsworth
• Farington
• Farnworth
• Farnworth and Kearsley
• Fence-in-Pendle
• Feniscowles
• Field Broughton St Peter
• Finsthwaite
• Flixton
• Flookburgh
• Formby
• Garstang
• Garstang St Thomas
• Garston
• Glasson
• Glodwick
• Golborne
• Goodshaw
• Goosnargh
• Gorton St James
• Great Crosby
• Great Eccleston, Lancashire Genealogy
• Great Harwood
• Great Lever
• Great Marsden
• Great Sankey
• Gressingham
• Grimsargh
• Habergham All Saints
• Habergham Eaves
• Haigh and Aspull
• Hale
• Halewood
• Halliwell St Paul
• Halliwell St Peter
• Halsall
• Halton
• Hambleton
• Harpurhey
• Harwood
• Haslingden
• Haverthwaite
• Hawkshead
• Healey
• Heapey
• Heaton Norris
• Henheads
• Hesketh with Becconsall
• Hey
• Heyhouses
• Heysham
• Heywood
• Heywood St James
• Hindley
• Hoghton
• Holcombe
• Hollinfare
• Hollinwood
• Holme Island
• Holme St John
• Hoole
• Hornby
• Horwich
• Houghton, West
• Hulme Christ Church
• Hulme St George
• Hulme St Mark
• Hulton, Little
• Hundersfield
• Hurst
• Hurst Green
• Huyton
• Inskip
• Kellet, Over
• Kirkby
• Kirkby Ireleth
• Kirkdale St Mary
• Kirkham
• Knotty Ash St John the Evangelist
• Knowsley
• Lancaster Castle
• Lancaster St Anne
• Lancaster St John
• Lancaster St Mary
• Lancaster St Thomas
• Lane Bridge
• Langho
• Latchford St James
• Lathom St James
• Leck
• Leesfield
• Leigh
• Lever Bridge
• Leyland
• Lindale
• Litherland Christ Church
• Little Bolton All Saints
• Little Bolton St John
• Little Crosby
• Little Hulton
• Little Lever
• Little Marsden
• Littleborough
• Liverpool St Peter and St Nicholas
• Liverpool All Saints
• Liverpool All Souls Vauxhall
• Liverpool Blessed Virgin Mary
• Liverpool Christ Church
• Liverpool Holy Innocents
• Liverpool Holy Trinity
• Liverpool St Andrew
• Liverpool St Anne
• Liverpool St Barnabas
• Liverpool St Bartholomew
• Liverpool St Bride
• Liverpool St Catherine
• Liverpool St David
• Liverpool St George
• Liverpool St John
• Liverpool St John the Evangelist
• Liverpool St Luke
• Liverpool St Mark
• Liverpool St Martin in the Fields
• Liverpool St Martin Cemetery
• Liverpool St Mary's Cemetery
• Liverpool St Mary
• Liverpool St Matthew
• Liverpool St Matthias
• Liverpool St Michael
• Liverpool St Nicholas
• Liverpool St Paul
• Liverpool St Peter
• Liverpool St Philip
• Liverpool St Saviour
• Liverpool St Silas
• Liverpool St Simon
• Liverpool St Stephen
• Liverpool St Thomas
• Longridge
• Longton
• Lower Darwen St James
• Lowick
• Lowton
• Lumb
• Lund
• Lydgate
• Lydiate
• Lytham
• Lytham St John
• Maghull
• Manchester All Souls
• Manchester Cathedral
• Manchester Our Lady, St George and St Denys
• Manchester St Ann
• Manchester St Barnabas
• Manchester St Clement
• Manchester St George
• Manchester St James
• Manchester St John
• Manchester St Mary
• Manchester St Matthew, Campfield
• Manchester St Matthias
• Manchester St Michael
• Manchester St Paul
• Manchester St Peter
• Manchester St Peter, Oldham Road
• Marsden, Little
• Marton
• Mawdesley with Bispham
• Melling
• Melling (near Liverpool)
• Mellor
• Mellor-Brook
• Middleton
• Milnrow
• Mitton St Michael
• Morecambe Holy Trinity
• Mossley
• Much Woolton
• Musbury
• Newchurch
• Newchurch in Pendle
• Newchurch in Rossendale
• Newton All Saints
• Newton in Makerfield Emmanuel
• Newton in Makerfield St Peter
• North Meols
• Oldham St James
• Oldham St Mary
• Oldham St Peter
• Openshaw
• Ormskirk
• Oswaldtwistle
• Out Rawcliffe
• Over Darwen St James
• Over Darwen St John the Evangelist
• Over Darwen St Peter
• Over Darwen Holy Trinity
• Over Kellet
• Overton
• Paddington
• Padgate
• Padiham
• Parr
• Peel
• Pemberton
• Pendlebury
• Pendleton All Saints (near Clitheroe)
• Pendleton St Thomas (near Salford)
• Pendleton Hall
• Pennington
• Penwortham
• Pilling
• Poulton
• Poulton le Fylde
• Poulton le Sands
• Prescot
• Preston All Saints
• Preston Christ Church
• Preston Holy Trinity
• Preston St George
• Preston St James
• Preston St John
• Preston St Mary
• Preston St Paul
• Preston St Peter
• Preston St Wilfrid
• Prestwich St Mary
• Quernmore
• Radcliffe St Mary
• Radcliffe St Thomas
• Rainford
• Rainhill
• Rampside
• Ramsbottom
• Rawcliffe, Out
• Rawtenstall
• Reedley Hallows, Filly Close and New Laund Booth
• Ribby cum Wrea
• Ribchester
• Ringley
• Rivington
• Rochdale St Chad
• Royton
• Rufford
• Rusland
• Salesbury
• Salford Sacred Trinity
• Salford Christ Church
• Salford St Bartholomew
• Salford St Matthias
• Salford St Philip
• Salford St Simon
• Salford St Stephen
• Samlesbury
• Sandowne-Park
• Sankey, Great
• Satterthwaite
• Scarisbrick
• Seaforth
• Seathwaite
• Sefton
• Shaw
• Shireshead
• Shore, South
• Shuttleworth
• Silverdale
• Singleton
• Skelmersdale
• Skerton
• Smallbridge
• South Shore Holy Trinity
• Southport Christ Church
• Southport Holy Trinity
• Spotland
• St Helens
• St Michael on Wyre
• Stalmine
• Stalybridge New St George
• Stalybridge Old St George
• Stand
• Standish
• Staveley
• Stidd
• Stockton Heath
• Stretford St Matthew
• Sutton
• Swinton St Peter
• Tarleton
• Tatham
• Tatham Fells
• Thornton
• Thornton in Lonsdale
• Tockholes
• Todmorden
• Tonge
• Tonge cum Alkrington
• Torver
• Tottington
• Tottington Higher End
• Toxteth Park
• Toxteth Park St Clement
• Toxteth Park St James
• Toxteth Park St John the Baptist
• Toxteth Park St Michael
• Toxteth Park St Thomas
• Trawden
• Tunstall
• Turton
• Tydesley cum Shakerley
• Ulverston Holy Trinity
• Ulverston St Mary
• Unsworth
• Upholland
• Urmston
• Urswick
• Walmersley
• Walmsley
• Walney
• Walsden
• Walton le Dale
• Walton on the Hill St Mary
• Walton on the Hill St Mary, Edge Hill
• Walton Breck, Lancashire Genealogy
• Wardle St James
• Wardleworth St James
• Wardleworth St Mary
• Warrington Christ Church
• Warrington Holy Trinity
• Warrington St Elphin
• Warrington St Paul
• Warton (near Kirkham)
• Warton (near Lancaster)
• Waterhead
• Wavertree Holy Trinity
• Weeton
• Wennington
• Werneth
• West Broughton
• West Derby St Mary
• West Houghton
• Westleigh St Paul
• Whalley
• Whitechapel
• Whitewell
• Whittington
• Whittle le Woods
• Whitworth
• Wigan All Saints
• Wigan St Catherine
• Wigan St George
• Winwick
• Withnell
• Witton
• Woodland
• Woodplumpton
• Woolton, Much
• Worsley
• Worsthorne
• Wray
• Wyresdale
• Yate and Pickup Bank
• Yealand Conyers
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