Maghull, Lancashire Family History Guide

Maghull is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1748 from a chapelry in Halsall Ancient Parish.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1729
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1610

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MAGHULL, a township-chapelry in Halsall parish, Lancashire; on the Leeds and Liverpool canal, and on the Liverpool and Ormskirk railway, 5 miles SSW of Ormskirk. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Liverpool. Acres, 2,073. Real property, £8,439. Pop., 1,144. Houses, 196.

The property is much subdivided. Maghull Hall is the seat of B. French, Esq.; Manor House, of H. M’Elroy, Esq.; and Moss-Side House, of T. Harrison, Esq.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £155. Patron, the Rector of Halsall. The church is a good plain edifice, of various dates. There are a national school, and charities £4.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Lancashire, Maghull – Census – 1841 – Indexes ( 1 )
Combined index of 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1881 censuses for the township of Maghull
Author: Sagar, John H.; Ormskirk and District Family History Society

England, Lancashire, Maghull – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
Combined index of 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1881 censuses for the township of Maghull
Author: Sagar, John H.; Ormskirk and District Family History Society

England, Lancashire, Maghull – Census – 1861 – Indexes ( 1 )
Combined index of 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1881 censuses for the township of Maghull
Author: Sagar, John H.; Ormskirk and District Family History Society

England, Lancashire, Maghull – Census – 1871 – Indexes ( 1 )
Combined index of 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1881 censuses for the township of Maghull
Author: Sagar, John H.; Ormskirk and District Family History Society

England, Lancashire, Maghull – Census – 1881 – Indexes ( 1 )
Combined index of 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1881 censuses for the township of Maghull
Author: Sagar, John H.; Ormskirk and District Family History Society

England, Lancashire, Maghull – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Lydiate, Maghull, and Melling, 1610-1868
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Lydiate (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Maghull (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Melling (near Maghull, Lancashire)

England, Lancashire, Maghull, St. Andrew’s parish records, 1729-1894
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Maghull (Lancashire); Lancashire Records Office (Preston, England)

Parish register transcripts, 1707-1948
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Maghull (Lancashire)

Parish registers for Maghull, 1729-1921
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Maghull (Lancashire); Lancashire Record Office

The register of the Chapel of Maghull : baptisms, 1663-1812; marriages, 1660-1754; burials, 1663-1844
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Maghull (Lancashire); Williams, Thomas, 1737-1802

England, Lancashire, Maghull – Church records – Indexes ( 5 )
Computer printout of Maghull and Halsall, Lancs., Eng

Computer printout of Maghull, Lancs., Eng

Parish register printouts of Maghull, Lancashire, England ; christenings, 1729-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Maghull, Lancashire, England ; marriages, 1833-1876
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Maghull, Lancashire, England, christenings, 1813-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Maps

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Administration

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