Ainsworth, Lancashire Family History

Ainsworth is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1725 from a chapelry in Middleton Ancient Parish.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1727

Nonconformists include: Methodist New Connexion and Presbyterian Unitarian.

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Ainsworth, or Cochey in Middleton, a chapelry in the parish of Middleton, co.-palatine of Lancaster; 9 miles from Manchester. Living, a perpetual curacy in the archd. and dio. of Chester; gross income £136. Patron, the rector of Middleton. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the cotton manufacture. Pop., in 1801. 1,240; in 1831, 1,584. Houses 258. Acres 1,090. A. P. £2,213. Poor rates, in 1837, £345.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

Parish Records

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England, Lancashire, Ainsworth – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Ainsworth, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Lancashire, Ainsworth – Church records ( 8 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Ainsworth, 1731-1877
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Ainsworth (Lancashire)

Bishops transcripts of Christ Church, Ainsworth, Lancashire, England, 1813-1832
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Ainsworth (Lancashire); Cook, Doris

Church records, 1769-1837
Author: Presbyterian Chapel (Ainsworth)

Parish register transcripts, 1727-1918
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Ainsworth (Lancashire)

Parish registers for Ainsworth, 1727-1848
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Ainsworth (Lancashire)

Parish registers for Ainsworth, 1727-1948
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Ainsworth (Lancashire)

Presbyterian Chapel, Ainsworth, Lancashire, England : christenings, Dec. 1796-March 1901; burials, May 1860-March 1862
Author: Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959

Presbyterian Unitarian Chapel, Ainsworth, Lancashire : Births and baptisms, deaths and burials, and monumental inscriptions, 1641-1960
Author: Howarth, William

England, Lancashire, Ainsworth – Church records – Indexes ( 5 )
Computer printout of Ainsworth, Cockey Moor Presbyterian, Lancs., Eng

Computer printout of Ainsworth, Lancashire, England

Computer printout of Ainsworth, Presbyterian Chapel, Lancs., Eng

Lancashire, marriage index, 1812-1837 : Ainsworth
Author: Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society

Parish register printouts of Ainsworth, Cockey Moor Presbyterian, Lancashire, England ; christenings, 1769-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Lancashire, Ainsworth – Land and property ( 1 )
Examynatyons towcheynge Cokeye More : temp. Hen. VIII, in a dispute between the lords of the manors of Middleton and Radclyffe : with introduction and notes