Knowsley Lancashire Family History Guide

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Knowsley an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1844 from Huyton Ancient Parish. In 1951 Knowsley ecclesiastical boundary was altered to create Huyton St George Ecclesiastical Parish and also in 1951 with the creation of West Derby St Luke Ecclesiastical Parish.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1844
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1844

Nonconformists include: Society of Friends/Quaker

Adjacent Parishes

Knowsley Parish Registers

Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Knowsley, Church of England Baptisms 1844-1906

Marriages and Banns

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Knowsley, St Mary the Virgin, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1844-1935

Burials

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Knowsley, St Mary the Virgin, Church of England Burials, 1844-1946

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KNOWSLEY, a township-chapelry in Huyton parish, Lancashire; 2½ miles N by W of Huyton r. station, and 3 NW by W of Prescot. Post town, Prescot. Acres, 4,750. Real property, £12,549; of which £1,367 are in mines, and £330 in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 1,486; in 1861, 1,349. Houses, 243. The property all belongs to the Earl of Derby.

Knowsley Hall is the Earl’s seat; has been enlarged from time to time: includes portions of the period of Henry VII.; was fully restored, by the tenth earl, before 1735; presents imposing fronts, surmounted by round towers; contains portraits of all the Stanleys, and a large and valuable collection of paintings by the old masters; and was visited, in November 1865, by the Prince and Princess of Wales. The grounds around it comprise upwards of 2,000 acres; are enclosed by a stone wall upwards of 8 feet high, pierced by thirteen entrances; and contain tasteful gardens, many ancient oaks, and ornamental waters nearly a mile long.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £300. Patron, the Earl of Derby. The church is recent, cruciform, and handsome; and has a W broach spire. There are national schools.

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

Maps

National Library of Scotland Maps – includes OS 25 inch 1892-1918 maps, a vast range of other historical OS maps and land use maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

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