Upholland is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1643 from Wigan All Saints Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Tontine, Robyhill, Roby Mill, Holland, Hall Green, and Dalton.
Parish church: St. Thomas the Martyr
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1600
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1619
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
UPHOLLAND, a village, a township, a chapelry, and a sub-district, in Wigan parish and district, Lancashire. The village stands 1 mile NNW of Orrell r. station and 4 W of Wigan; and has a post-office under Wigan, and a cattle and horse fair on Easter Monday.
The township contains also three hamlets, and comprises 4,452 acres. Real property, £16,912; of which £5,500 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 3,359; in 1861, 3,463. Houses, 685. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Lord Skelmersdale. Holland Grove is the seat of G. Bolderstone, Esq. A Benedictine priory was founded here, in 1319, by Sir R. de Holland; and has left some remains. Stone and slate are quarried, and fire bricks are made.
The chapelry is more extensive than the township. Pop., 6,091. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £300. Patron. the Rector of Wigan. The church was the chapel of the priory.
A school at Pimbo-Lane is used as a chapel of ease. There are two Methodist chapels, an endowed grammar-school, two national schools, and charities £110.
The sub-district contains 4 townships. Acres, 9,220. Pop., 6,982. Houses, 1,360.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
The Registers of St Thomas the Martyr, Upholland 1600-1735
St Thomas the Martyr, Upholland 1600-1735. Lancashire Parish Register Society : [publications] : Lancashire Parish Register Society : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Lancashire, Upholland – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Church records, 1789-1796
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Upholland (Lancashire)
St. Thomas the Martyr, Upholland, monumental inscriptions
Author: Skelmarsdale & Upholland Group of the Liverpool and District Family History Society
England, Lancashire, Upholland – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Upholland, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Lancashire, Upholland – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
1851 census surname index of Lancashire–Hindley, Pemberton, Up-Holland & Ashton-in-Makerfield : Public Records Office ref. 107/220-2201
Author: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society
England, Lancashire, Upholland – Church records ( 8 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Upholland, 1619-1879
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Upholland (Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Upholland, Saint Thomas parish registers, 1833-1957
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of St. Thomas the Martyr (Upholland, Lancashire); Lancashire Records Office (Preston, England)
Extracts of the Turner surname from the register of St. Thomas’ Church, Upholland, 1735-1811
Author: Gardner, David Ensign, 1915-2007
Parish registers for Upholland, 1600-1900
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Upholland (Lancashire); Lancashire Record Office
Record of members, 1848-1890
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Upholland Branch (Lancashire)
The registers of St. Thomas the Martyr, Upholland, 1736-1812
Author: Taylor, Ken T.; Lancashire Parish Register Society
The registers of the church of St. Thomas the Martyr, Upholland, in the county of Lancaster : christenings, burials, and weddings, 1600-1735
Author: Brierley, Alice; Hodder, A. E. (Andrew Edward); Church of England. Chapelry of St. Thomas the Martyr (Upholland, Lancashire)
The registers of the parish of Upholland (1813-1841), Billinge (1813-1841) and Pemberton (1832-1841)
Author: Taylor, Ken T.; Browning, Douglas J.; Pope, Francis Rendall, 1903-1987; Lancashire Parish Register Society
England, Lancashire, Upholland – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Upholland, Lancs., Eng
Upholland, Bishop’s transcripts marriage index, 1813-37, Lancashire
Author: Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society
England, Lancashire, Upholland – Schools ( 1 )
Upholland Grammar School, Lancashire : the evolution of a school through three centuries
Author: Bagley, J. J. (John J.), 1908-
England, Lancashire, Upholland – Taxation ( 1 )
England, Lancashire, Upholland rate book, 1848-1850
Author: Wigan Poor Law Union (Lancashire); Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Wigan Heritage Service
Administration
- County: Lancashire
- Civil Registration District: Wigan
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Chester
- Rural Deanery: Wigan
- Poor Law Union: Wigan
- Hundred: West Derby
- Province: York
