Poulton, Lancashire Family History Guide

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Poulton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1748 from Lancaster St Mary Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Torrisholme, Poulton Barre and Torrisholme, and Bare.

Alternative names: Morcambe Holy Trinity, Poulton le Sand, Poulton le Sands

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1747
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1746

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

POULTON-LE-SANDS, a sea-port village, a township, and a chapelry, in Lancaster parish, Lancashire. The village is conjoint with Morecambe village; stands on a bight of Morecambe bay, at the terminus of a railway from Lancaster, 3¼ miles WNW of Lancaster.

It is a sub-port to Lancaster, and a sea-bathing place; shares in the facilities of Morecambe post-office and railway station; and has, conjointly with that village, gas-works, water-works, two good hotels, many excellent lodging-houses, good sea-bathing appliances, a fine promenade, and a four-gun battery.

The township contains also the villages of Bare and Torrisholme. Acres, 1,641. Real property, £7,951. Pop. in 1851, 1,301; in 1861, 2,236. Houses, 433.

The chapelry is nearly conterminate with the township, and was constituted in 1860. Pop. in 1861, 2,228.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £180. Patron, the Vicar of Lancaster. The church is a neat building, with a tower.

There are an Independent chapel, with a good spire; a Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1855; a Primitive Methodist chapel; and an endowed school, with £31 a year.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Lancashire, Poulton-le-Sands – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Poulton, Bare, and Torrisholme, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Lancashire, Poulton-le-Sands – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Overton, 1678-1840
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Overton (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Poulton-le-Sands (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Quernmoor (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Skerton (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Stalmine (Lancashire)

Bishop’s transcripts for St. Mary’s Church, Lancashire, 1675-1849
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Lancaster, Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Over Wyersdale (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Overton (Lancashire); Church of England. St. John’s Church (Lancaster, Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Poulton-le-Sands (Lancashire)

Parish registers for Holy Trinity Church, Poulton-le-Sands, 1813-1900
Author: Church of England. Holy Trinity Church (Poulton-le-Sands, Lancashire)

Parish registers for St. Lawrence’s Church, Poulton-le-Sands, 1878-1900
Author: Church of England. St. Lawrence’s Church (Poulton-le-Sands, Lancashire)

Parish registers for St. Mary’s Church, Lancaster, 1599-1900
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Lancaster, Lancashire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Lancashire
  • Civil Registration District: Lancaster
  • 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: Caton Gilbert Union
  • Hundred: Lonsdale
  • Province: York