Rainford is a chapelry of Prescot Ancient Parish in Lancashire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1718
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1676
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Roman Catholic.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
RAINFORD, a village, a township-chapelry, and a sub-district, in Prescot parish and district, Lancashire. The village stands on the Ormskirk and St. Helens railway, 1 mile SSE of that railway ‘s intersection by the Liverpool and Wigan railway, and 4¼ miles NW by N of St. Helens; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under St. Helens.
The chapelry comprises 5,803 acres. Real property, £12,623; of which £3,280 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 2,333; in 1861, 2,784. Houses, 478. The increase of pop. arose from the opening of new collieries. The property is divided among a few.
The manor belongs to the Earl of Derby. R. Hall, Mount Pleasant, and the Rookery are chief residences. Much of the land is reclaimed morass.
Tobacco-pipe making is largely carried on.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £135. Patron, the Vicar of Prescot. The church is a plain building, with a belfry.
There are an Independent chapel, an endowed school for boys, and a national school for girls.
The sub-district is conterminate with the chapelry.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Lancashire, Rainford – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Monumental inscriptions recorded at the ancient burial ground of All Saints, Rainford
Author: Eccleston, J.; Pope, Frank R.
Rainford Independent Chapel monumental inscriptions, 1727-1973 and schedule of records, 1716-1973
Author: Browning, Douglas J.
Records of gravestones in the Congregational Chapel yard, Rainford, Lancashire, England, in 1885
Author: Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959
England, Lancashire, Rainford – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Rainford, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Lancashire, Rainford – Church records ( 18 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Prescot, 1602-1851
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Prescot (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Rainford (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of St. Helens (Lancashire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Rainford, 1676-1894
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Rainford (Lancashire)
Church records, 1746-1837
Author: Society of Protestant Dissenters (Rainford, Lancashire); Browning, Douglas J.; Pope, Francis Rendall, 1903-1987
Church records, 1746-1837
Author: Independent Church (Rainford, England)
England, Lancashire, Rainford, All Saints registers, 1718-1881
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Rainford (Lancashire); Lancashire Records Office (Preston, England)
Monumental inscriptions and parish register extracts, Rainford Chapelry (Lancashire), about 1700-1900
Author: Gardner, David Ensign, 1915-2007
Parish register transcripts, Rainford, Lancashire, England : 1746-1833
Author: Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959; Church of England. Chapelry of Rainford (Lancashire)
Parish registers for Rainford, 1718-1881
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Rainford (Lancashire); Lancashire Record Office
Rainford Chapel 1813-1841
Author: Browning, Douglas J.; Pope, Francis Rendall, 1903-1987; Lancashire Parish Register Society
Rainford Congregational Church
Author: Rainford Congregational Church (Rainford, Lancashire); Nightingale, B. (Benjamin), 1854-1927
Rainsford chapel registers : vestry minutes and other miscellaneous entries, 1729-1779
Author: Browning, Douglas J.; Pope, Francis Rendall, 1903-1987
The register of the Chapel of Rainford : baptisms, 1702-1812; marriages, 1704-1812; burials, 1702-1812
Author: Browning, Douglas J.; Pope, Francis Rendall, 1903-1987; Church of England. Chapelry of Rainford (Lancashire)
The registers of Rainford Chapel in the Parish of Prescot : baptisms and burials 1813-1837
Author: Browning, Douglas J.; Pope, Francis Rendall, 1903-1987; Church of England. Chapelry of Rainford (Lancashire)
The registers of Rainford Chapel in the Parish of Prescot : baptisms and burials 1813-1837
Author: Browning, Douglas J.
The registers of Rainford Chapel in the Parish of Prescot : marriages 1813-1837
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Rainford (Lancashire); Browning, Douglas J.; Pope, Francis Rendall, 1903-1987; Turner, April D.
The registers of Rainford Chapel in the parish of Prescott : marriages, 1813-1837
Author: Browning, Douglas J.; Pope, Francis Rendall, 1903-1987
The registers of Rainford Chapel in the parish of Prescott : marriages, 1813-1837
Author: Browning, Douglas J.
Transcript of a register of the baptisms in the Society of Protestant Dissenters in Rainford, Lancashire, England, 1746-1837
Author: Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959
England, Lancashire, Rainford – Church records – Bibliography ( 1 )
Rainford Independent Chapel monumental inscriptions, 1727-1973 and schedule of records, 1716-1973
Author: Browning, Douglas J.
England, Lancashire, Rainford – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Rainford, Protestant Dissenters, Lancs., Eng
St Helens marriage index : 72,000 marriages from 1538 to 1940
Author: St. Helens Townships Family History Society
Maps
Vision of Britain historical 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
