Flixton Lancashire Family History Guide

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Flixton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Lancashire.

Other places in the parish include: Urmston.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1570

Nonconformists include: Independent Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Flixton

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FLIXTON, a township and a parish in Barton-upon-Irwell district, Lancashire.

The township lies in the peninsula between the rivers Irwell and Mersey, 3½ miles SSE of Barton-Moss r. station, and 7 WSW of Manchester; and has a post office under Manchester. Acres, 1,575. Real property, £6,966. Pop., 1,302. Houses, 251.

The parish includes also the township of Urmston. Acres, 2,549. Real property, £11,477. Pop., 2,050. Houses, 409. The property is subdivided. Flixton Hall is the seat of the Wright family.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of Manchester. The church is good; and there were placed in it, in 1859, two memorial windows of Mr Thomas Rogers and of the Wright family. The vicarage of Urmston is a separate charge, constituted in 1868.

There are two Wesleyan chapels, and charities £11.

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

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Flixton, 6¾ miles S.W. Manchester. P. 2230

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Urmston

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Urmston, 1¼ mile E. Hixton. P. 771

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850

Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

Urmston, a township, in the parish of Flixton, hundred of Salford, S. division of the county of Lancaster, 5 ½ miles (SW by W) from Manchester; containing 771 inhabitants. John Collier, commonly called Tim Bobbin, the author of the Lancashire Dialect, was born here.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Lancashire, Flixton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Rosthorne, Northenden, Mobberley and Flixton : monumental inscriptions, parish register extracts and miscellaneaous notes
Author: Owen, John

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

England, Lancashire, Flixton – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
1851 census surname index, Barton, Stretford & Worsley : Public Records Office ref. HO 107/2217-2218
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society

England, Lancashire, Flixton – Church records ( 11 )
Baptismal register, 1799-1837
Author: Davy Hulme Chapel (Flixton : Wesleyan Methodist)

Bishop’s transcripts for Flixton, 1606-1847
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Flixton (Lancashire)

Churchwardens’ accounts for Flixton, 1707-1762
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Flixton (Lancashire)

England, Lancashire, Flixton, St. Michael, parish registers, 1845-1930
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Flixton (Lancashire); Manchester Archives Central Library

Flixton parish register transcripts, abt. 1500-1800
Author: Owen, John; Church of England. Parish Church of Flixton (Lancashire)

Flixton, Lancashire, England : christenings, marriages, and burials, 1571-1787
Author: Broadbent, Clarise; Church of England. Parish Church of Flixton (Lancashire)

Parish register transcripts, 1570-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Flixton (Lancashire)

Parish registers for Flixton, 1570-1954
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Flixton (Lancashire); Manchester Archives Central Library

Register of the parish of Flixton, Lancashire, 1570-1752 [?]
Author: Owen, John; Bailey, John Eglington, 1840-1888; Church of England. Parish Church of Flixton (Lancashire)

The registers of Flixton
Author: Perkins, John, 1930-; Church of England. Parish Church of Flixton (Lancashire)

Rosthorne, Northenden, Mobberley and Flixton : monumental inscriptions, parish register extracts and miscellaneaous notes
Author: Owen, John

England, Lancashire, Flixton – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Flixton, Davy Hulme Wesleyan, Lancs., Eng

Computer printout of Flixton, Lancashire, England

England, Lancashire, Flixton – History ( 2 )
A history of Flixton, Urmston, and Davyhulme
Author: Lawson, Richard

A history of the parish of Flixton (Lancashire), comprising the townships of Flixton and Urmston : with a short sketch of the ajoining hamlet of Davyhulme
Author: Langton, David Herbert

England, Lancashire, Flixton – Taxation ( 2 )
England, Lancashire, Barton-on-Irwell rate books, 1895-1933
Author: Barton-upon-Irwell Rural District Council (Lancashire); Manchester Central Library

England, Lancashire, Flixton rate books, 1837-1945
Author: Urmston Urban District Council (Lancashire, England); Manchester Archives Central Library

Administration

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