Balderstone, Lancashire Family History Guide

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Balderstone is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1741 from a chaperly in Blackburn St Mary Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Balderston

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1751
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1751

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BALDERSTON, a township-chapelry in Blackburn parish, Lancashire; near the river Ribble, 5 miles NW of Blackburn r. station. Post Town, Mellor-Brook under Blackburn. Acres, 1,710. Real property, £2,593 Pop., 532. Houses, 105. The property is much sub divided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £160. Patron, the Vicar of Blackburn. The church is very good. Charities, £11.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Lancashire, Balderston – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Balderstone, nr. Whalley, St. Leonard [monumetnal inscriptions]
Author: Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society. Ribble Valley Branch; Hall, Pauline; Vose, Doreen; Bradshaw, Dorothy; Jackson, John

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

England, Lancashire, Balderston – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts of the chapelry of Balderston (Lancashire), 1751-1863.
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Balderston (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of St. James (Over Darwen, Lancashire)

Bishop’s transcripts of the chapelry of Balderston, 1847-1863
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Balderston (Lancashire)

Parish registers for Balderston, 1751-1900
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Balderston (Lancashire)

Some registers of South Ribble : the registers of St Leonard, Balderstone (bap, bur 1751-1841), St Peter, Salesbury (bap, bur 1807-1839), St Mary, Mellor (bap, bur 1829-1841), St Saviour, Mellor Brook (bap 1837-1841)
Author: Lancashire Parish Register Society

Lancashire Historical Directories

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Lancashire
  • Civil Registration District: Blackburn
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Manchester
  • Rural Deanery: Blackburn
  • Poor Law Union: Blackburn
  • Hundred: Blackburn
  • Province: York