Walmsley, Lancashire Family History Guide

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Walmsley is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1741 from Bolton le Moors St Peter Ancient Parish and Turton Ecclesiastical Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Sharples and Longworth.

Alternative names: Bolton le Moors Walmsley Christ Church

Parish church: Christ Church

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1794
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1789

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Presbyterian Unitarian, and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Walmsley Parish Records

The Parish Registers of Walmsley 1789 to 1791. The Registers of the Parish Church of Bolton-le-Moors Baptisms 1788 to 1792 include The Parish Registers of Walmsley 1789 to 1791 – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish History

See also Turton

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

Christ Church, at Walmsley, close by the Blackburn road, was built in 1839, in lieu of an ancient chapel, at a cost of £3500; it is also in the early English style, with a tower and pinnacles. The living is a perpetual curacy, with a net income of £70, and a house; patron, the Vicar of Bolton. In Christ-Church district is a national school.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Administration

  • County: Lancashire
  • Civil Registration District: Bolton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Manchester
  • Rural Deanery: Bolton le Moors
  • Poor Law Union: Bolton
  • Hundred: Salford
  • Province: York