North Meols is an Ancient Parish in the county of Lancashire.
Other places in the parish include: Southaws, Rowe Lane, Marshside, Little London, Higher Blowick, High and Lower Blowick, Hawside, Churchtown, Birkdale, and Banks.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1594
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MEOLS (NORTH), a village, a township, a sub-district, and a parish in Ormskirk district, Lancashire. The village stands on a rivulet, 1 mile from the coast, and 2½ NE of Southport r. station; bears the name of Churchtown; and has a post office of that name under Southport, and a fair on the Monday and Tuesday after 20 Aug.
The township contains also the town of Southport, and the hamlets of Southaws, Hawside, Little London, Higher Blowick, Lower Blowick, Rowe-Lane, Marshside, Crossens, and Banks. Acres, 18,871; of which 10,805 are foreshore-water. Real property, £48,226. Pop. in 1851, 8,694; in 1861, 14,661. Houses, 2,585. The increase of pop. was chiefly in Southport; and arose, there and elsewhere, principally from house-building for mercantile men, and from the establishing of boarding-schools. The property is much subdivided.
The manor belongs to the Rev. Charles Hesketh and the Trustees of the late Scarisbrick, Esq. North Meols Hall was formerly the seat of the Heskeths, and is now a farm-house.
Hand-loom silk weaving is a principal employment.
The sub-district is conterminate with the township.
The parish contains also the township of Birkdale; and comprises 10,301 acres of land, and 14,240 acres of water. Real property, £53,178. Pop. in 1851, 9,319; in 1861, 15,947. Houses, 2,822.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Valne, £844. Patron, the Rev. Hesketh. The church stands at Churchtown; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and spire; and contains monuments to the Heskeths and the Fleetwoods.
Three vicarages of Southport, and those of Crossens, Banks, and Birkdale are separate benefices.
Chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £22 are in North Meols ecclesiastical section; and ten dissenting chapels, a Roman Catholic chapel, and three national schools are in Southport.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Lancashire, North Meols – Cemeteries – Indexes ( 1 )
Churchtown (St. Helens) [church records indexes], Oct. 1734-Jul. 1837
Author: Brook, Louis F. C.
England, Lancashire, North Meols – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for North Meols, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Lancashire, North Meols – Church records ( 10 )
Bishop’s transcripts for North Meols, 1606-1881
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of North Meols (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Christchurch (Southport, Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Holy Trinity (Southport, Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of St. Paul (Southport, Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Banks (Lancashire)
Church records, 1809-1836
Author: Independent Church (North Meols, England)
England, Lancashire, Southport, church records
Author: Church of England. St. Luke’s Church (Southport, Lancashire); Lancashire Record Office
Parish register transcripts, 1813-1848
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of North Meols (Lancashire)
Parish registers for Birkdale, 1857-1962
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Birkdale (Lancashire); Lancashire Record Office
Parish registers for Holy Trinity, Southport, 1837-1887
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Holy Trinity (Southport, Lancashire); Lancashire Record Office
Parish registers for North Meols, 1594-1921
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of North Meols (Lancashire); Lancashire Record Office
Parish registers for St. Luke’s Church, Southport, 1883-1947
Author: Church of England. St. Luke’s Church (Southport, Lancashire); Lancashire Record Office
Parish registers for St. Paul’s Church, Southport, 1864-1915
Author: Church of England. St. Paul’s Church (Southport, Lancashire); Lancashire Record Office
The parish registers of North Meols
Author: Brierley, Henry, 1846-1933; Cheetham, F.H. (Frank Halliday); Sparke, Archibald; Baxter, R. A.; Baxter, E. E. J.
England, Lancashire, North Meols – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Churchtown (St. Helens) [church records indexes], Oct. 1734-Jul. 1837
Author: Brook, Louis F. C.
Computer printout of North Meols, Church Town Independent, Lancs., Eng
Computer printout of North Meols, Lancs., Eng
Parish register printouts of North Meols, Lancashire, England (Independent Church, Church Town Chapel) ; christenings, 1805-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Lancashire, North Meols – Description and travel ( 1 )
A guide to Southport, North Meols, in the county of Lancaster : with an account of the places in its immediate neighbourhood
Author: Glazebrook, Thomas Kirkland
England, Lancashire, North Meols – History ( 4 )
Annals of Southport and district : a chronological history of North Meols from Alfred the Great to Edward VII
Author: Bland, E.
Annals of Southport and district : a chronological history of North Meols, A.D. 1086 to 1886
Author: Bland, E.
A history of the parish of North Meols, in the hundred of West Derby, and county of Lancaster : with historical and descriptive notices of Birkdale and Martin Mere
Author: Farrer, William, 1861-1924
North Meols to South Ribble
Author: Cotterall, John, 1924-
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
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