Rainhill, Lancashire Family History Guide

Rainhill is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1837 from Prescot Ancient Parish.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1887
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

RAINHILL, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Prescot parish, Lancashire. The village stands on the Liverpool and Manchester railway, 9 miles E of Liverpool; carries on manufactures of watch-movements, brooches, and other articles; has also iron-works, a foundry, and a varnish factory; a large engine factory and foundry; and has a station on the railway, a post-office under Prescot, a church, a Wesleyan chapel, a Roman Catholic chapel, and national schools.

The church was built in 1837, and enlarged in 1843 and 1868; and consists of nave and aisles, with tower and spire. The Roman Catholic chapel was built by the late B. Bretherton, Esq.; is a large and highly ornate edifice; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; and has, in connexion with it, a school and a convent.

The township comprises 1,642 acres. Real property, £8,959; of which £130 are in iron-works. Pop. in 1851, 1,522; in 1861, 2,130. Houses, 384. Numerous villas stand on a hill, and command fine views over the Mersey into Cheshire.

The chapelry is more extensive than the township, and was constituted in 1840. Pop. in 1861, 2,608. Houses, 447. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £300. Patron, the Rev. J. Brierley.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Lancashire, Rainhill – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions recorded at St. Bartholomews R.C. Church, Rainhill
Author: Topping, J.; Topping, M.; Giblin, J. F.

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

England, Lancashire, Rainhill – Church records ( 1 )
England, Lancashire, Rainhill, Saint Ann parish registers, 1839-1991
Author: Church of England. St. Ann’s Church (Rainhill, Lancashire); Lancashire Records Office (Preston, England)

England, Lancashire, Rainhill – Schools ( 1 )
The Rainhill schools 1840-1900
Author: Dickinson, Florence

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