Seaforth, Lancashire Family History Guide

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Seaforth an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1816 from Sefton Ancient Parish. refounded in 1870.

Parish church: St. Thomas

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: None
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1749

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Seaforth Parish Registers

Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Seaforth, Church of England Baptisms 1839-1918

Marriages and Banns

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Seaforth, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1870-1935

Burials

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Seaforth, Church of England Burials, 1813-1975

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

SEAFORTH, an ecclesiastical district, in the parish of Sefton, union and hundred of West Derby, S. division of Lancashire, 5 miles (N.) from Liverpool; containing 1869 inhabitants.

It is beautifully situated on the shore of Bootle bay, with views of New Brighton, the Cheshire hills, and the Welsh mountains; and is studded with the villas and seats of Liverpool merchants. Several of the houses are very handsome: Seaforth House, a spacious and elegant mansion, belongs to Sir John Gladstone, Bart. The line of the Southport railway, and the Leeds and Liverpool canal, run through the district.

The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £100, with a good house and two acres of land; patron, Sir John Gladstone, from whom, in 1855, the patronage will pass to the Rector of Sefton. The church, dedicated to St. Thomas, was erected in 1815, at the expense of the patron, and is a neat cruciform edifice in the early English style, with a small tower. Attached are boys’, girls’, and infants’ schools.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Maps

National Library of Scotland Maps – includes OS 25 inch 1892-1918 maps, a vast range of other historical OS maps and land use maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

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