Grimsargh, Lancashire Family History Guide

Grimsargh is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1717 from Preston St Wilfrid Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Elston, Brockholes, and Brockhole.

Alternative names: Grimsargh and Brockholes, Grimsargh with Brockholes

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1875

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GRIMSARGH, a township and a chapelry in Preston parish, Lancashire.

The township is conjoint with Brockholes; lies on the Preston and Longridge railway, near the river Ribble, 4 miles NE of Preston; and has a station on the railway. Post town, Preston. Acres, 1,945. Real property, £3,258. Pop., 301. house, 55. Pop. of G., exclusive of B., 247. house, 45. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to W. A. Cross, Esq.

The chapelry is more extensive than the township. Pop., 354. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £77. Patron, the Vicar of Preston. The church was recently restored and enlarged; consists of nave, chancel, and aisle, with a porch; and has a brass of the Cross family.

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

Grimsargh and Brockholes, 4 m. Preston. P. 331

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Lancashire, Grimsargh – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, St. Michael’s, Grimsargh, Lancashire, England, about 1700-1950

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

England, Lancashire, Grimsargh – Church records ( 1 )
Parish registers for Grimsargh, 1875-1900
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Grimsargh (Lancashire)

Administration

  • County: Lancashire
  • Civil Registration District: Preston
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Western Deaneries – Amounderness
  • Diocese: Manchester
  • Rural Deanery: Amounderness
  • Poor Law Union: Preston
  • Hundred: Amounderness
  • Province: York