Altcar, Lancashire Family History

Altcar is an Ancient Parish in the county of Lancashire.

Other places in the parish include: Little Altcar.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1664

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Altcar, a parish in the hund. of West Derby, union of Ormskirk, Lancashire. It is intersected by the Alt. Living, a perpetual curacy in the archd. and dio. of Chester; rated at £11 10s., and in the parliamentary returns at £37 10s.; gross income £95. Patron, in 1835, the earl of Sefton. There is a school with an endowment of £24 per annum, at which about 60 children are educated. Pop., in 1801, 271; in 1831, 505. Houses 69. Acres 3,580. A. P. £3,893. Poor rates, in 1837, £509. The village of Altcar is 6½ miles west by south from Ormskirk.

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

Parish Records

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England, Lancashire, Altcar – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Altcar, Lancashire, monumental inscriptions
Author: Gardner, David Ensign, 1915-2007

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

England, Lancashire, Altcar – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Altcar, 1663-1882
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Altcar (Lancashire); Church of England. Parish Church of Aughton (Lancashire)

England, Lancashire, Altcar, Saint Michael and All Angels parish registers, 1664-1992
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Altcar (Lancashire); Lancashire Records Office (Preston, England)

The registers of the Parish Church of Altcar–baptisms and burials, 1663-1810; marriages, 1664-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Altcar (Lancashire); Williams, Thomas, 1737-1802; Winn, D. I.

England, Lancashire, Altcar – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Altcar, Bishop’s transcripts marriage index 1800-58, Lancashire
Author: Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society

Lancashire Historical Directories

Administration

  • County: Lancashire
  • Civil Registration District: Ormskirk
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Chester
  • Rural Deanery: North Meols
  • Poor Law Union: Ormskirk
  • Hundred: West Derby
  • Province: York