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:
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Adjacent Parishes
- Balderstone
- Preston St John
- Walton le Dale
- Preston St Mary
- Longridge
- Samlesbury
- Lancaster St Mary
- Goosnargh
- Preston St Paul
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
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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