Haslingden Genealogical Records
Haslingden Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Baptism registers record the baptism of those born in and around Haslingden and were subsequently baptised in an Anglican place of worship. They are the primary source of birth details before 1837, though are useful to the present. Records can include name of child, parents' names, residence, occupations and more.
Baptism registers are the primary source for birth documentation before 1837, though are relevant to the present. They record the date a child was baptised, their parents' names, occupations, residence and more.
A name index connected to original images of Lancashire baptism registers for over 175 parishes.
Digital images of baptism registers that can be searched by name. They record baptisms, which typically occur shortly after birth, and list the baptised's name, date of birth and/or baptism and parents' names. They may also list where the parents lived, their occupations and occasionally other details.
Haslingden Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Marriage records from people who married at St Peter, Haslingden between 1890 and 1909. Lists an individual's abode, marital status and more.
The Marriage registers of Grane, Haslingden, document marriages 1880 to 1936. Details given on the bride and groom may include their age, father's name, marital status, residence and signature.
The Marriage registers of Musbury, document marriages 1850 to 1909. Details given on the bride and groom may include their age, father's name, marital status, residence and signature.
Details on those who married at Haslingden between 1754 and 1936. Information given usually includes abode and marital status. After April 1837 father's names and ages are recorded.
Haslingden Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Records of burial for people buried at Grane, Haslingden between 1880 and 1939. Details include the deceased's name, residence and age. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
Burial records for people buried at Musbury between 1850 and 1909. Lists the deceased's name, residence and age. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
Burial registers record burials that occurred at Haslingden. They are the primary source documenting deaths before 1837, though are useful to the present.
Burial registers are the primary source for death documentation before 1837, though are relevant to the present. They record the date someone was buried, their age & residence.
Haslingden Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A tax list of wealthier Lancashire residents.
Two lay subsidies from the reigns of Henry III and Edward I.
A history of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society, which aimed to settle chartists on smallholdings. Also includes a list of over 5,000 chartist sympathizers in Lancashire.
Newspapers Covering Haslingden
Original images of a regional newspaper, searchable via a full text index. Includes news from the Burnley area, business notices, obituaries, family announcements and more.
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering local news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Burnley area.
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering local news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Manchester area.
A searchable newspaper providing a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Bolton le Moors district. Includes obituaries and family announcements.
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering local news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Burnley area.
Haslingden Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
Digital images, indexed by testor's name, of 28,716 wills, administrations, inventories and other probate documents. The records can shed light on an individual’s relations, possessions, land holdings, legal agreements and more. They cover various jurisdictions throughout the north of England.
An index to 263,822 wills, administrations and other probate documents proved by an ecclesiastical court in York. The index included the testor's name, residence, year of probate, type of document and reference to order copies of the referenced document(s.).
An index to 38,107 wills, searchable by name and including the testor's residence and occupation. The wills are from the records of Amounderness, Furness, Kendal and Lonsdale deaneries, within the Archdeaconry of Richmond.
An index to 10,195 wills, administrations and other probate documents proved by an ecclesiastical court in York. The index included the testor's name, residence, occupation, will & probate year, language, type of document and reference to order copies of the referenced document(s.).
Haslingden Immigration & Travel Records
Records of around 40,000 people and their families who were forcibly moved from one parish to another. Contains many Irish individuals.
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Haslingden Military Records
A history of a Lancashire division's WWI campaigns.
A record of the division's movements in WWI.
Lists of officers by rank, regiment and name.
A general history of the militia, including lists of officers from various periods.
Brief biographies of Officers of the Lancashire Militia, includes date of birth, appointments, promotions and other details.
Haslingden Court & Legal Records
A name index linked to original images of over 250,000 Manchester prison records. Records contain details on the convict's birth, appearance, crime and more.
An index to and images of books dealing with legal matters and administration in the county. They cover legal decisions, costs of prosecution, filiation and maintenance orders, settlement orders, removal orders, transportation orders, sentences passed on criminals, setting highway rates, appointing officials and presentments for repairs to roads and bridges, poor relief, settlement, licences for various trades and more.
Abstracts of records that detail land conveyances.
Early legal records, largely covering serious cases refereed by lower courts. Many entries record transfers and disputes relating to land.
Transcripts of records created on the death of a direct tenant of the monarch to asses their Lancashire land-holdings. Contains much useful genealogical information.
Haslingden Taxation Records
A tax list of wealthier Lancashire residents.
Two lay subsidies from the reigns of Henry III and Edward I.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
An index linked to original images of registers recording apprenticeship indentures. Details are given on the trade and nature of apprenticeship. Many records list the parents of the apprentice.
Haslingden Land & Property Records
Abstracts of records that detail land conveyances.
Early legal records, largely covering serious cases refereed by lower courts. Many entries record transfers and disputes relating to land.
Transcripts of records created on the death of a direct tenant of the monarch to asses their Lancashire land-holdings. Contains much useful genealogical information.
Transcripts of records that detail the lives and lands of Cheshire and Lancashire landholders.
Deeds from the Norris family of Speak.
Haslingden Directories & Gazetteers
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
Historical & topographical descriptions of Lancashire, supplemented with lists of the area's leading private, commercial and official persons.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
A directory of residents and businesses; with a description of each settlement, containing details on its history, public institutions, churches, postal services, governance and more.
A book listing every official person in the county: nobility, politicians, clergy, lieutenants, sheriffs, magistrates and coroners. It also includes details of settlements.
Haslingden Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Lancashire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
Haslingden Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Haslingden Histories & Books
Extracts from a vast array of historical documents giving details on thousands of individuals connected to the history of Lancashire.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
A history of two Northern counties from the Germanic invasion to the Victorian period.
Photographs and images of churches in Lancashire.
A history of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society, which aimed to settle chartists on smallholdings. Also includes a list of over 5,000 chartist sympathizers in Lancashire.
Haslingden School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Haslingden Occupation & Business Records
Abstracts of over 20,000 admissions to an insane asylum.
An introduction to smuggling on the west coast of Britain & the Isle of Man, with details of the act in various regions.
Articles on coal mining in Lancashire, including details of disasters and a list of mines.
An index to police officers mentioned in records held by Lancashire record Office.
A brief history of policing in the county from Saxon times. Includes extensive details on police uniforms.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Haslingden
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Haslingden Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Transcripts of records that detail the lives and lands of Cheshire and Lancashire landholders.
Photographs and descriptions of Lancashire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Haslingden Church Records
The primary source of documentation for baptisms, marriages and burials before 1837, though extremely useful to the present. Their records can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
A name index connected to original images of Lancashire parish registers for over 60 parishes.
An index of close to 1 million baptism, marriage and burial registers extracted from records of the Church of England.
Transcriptions of registers that record baptisms, which typically occur shortly after birth; marriages and burials. They can help establish links between individuals back to the 16th century.
Confirmations are Church of England ceremonies conducted by Bishops that affirm one's commitment to the doctrines of the church. These records contain the names of those confirmed, their age, date of baptism & confirmation, address and sometimes other details. The records are indexed by name and connected to images of the original registers.
Biographical Directories Covering Haslingden
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Haslingden Maps
Digital images of maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Maps of parishes in England, Scotland and Wales. They are useful in determining which parish records may be relevant to your research.
Haslingden Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
Haslingden is a small market town, upon the turnpike road leading from Bury to Blackburn, pleasantly situated in a valley under the mountains on the east side of the county. The western side of the town is bounded by the river Swinnel, which flows from hence through a populous country. —The greatest pan of the town was formerly upon the brow of the hill where the church stands; the streets have now extended into the valley beneath. The houses are mostly built of stone, and a new square contains some capital buildings. The market day is on Wednesday.
The increase of the woollen manufacture, and the introduction of the cotton trade, tended very much to the improvement of Haslingden; and its population has in consequence been greatly augmented.
The Church is a neat structure, with a square tower, and is a curacy under the vicar of Whalley. It was rebuilt about thirty years since.
The civil government of the town is vested in a constable and six church-wardens, who have under their care six divisions, or posts, as they are here termed. Two of these divisions have a chapel of ease, subordinate to Haslingden, called Goodshaw Chapel, standing on the Burnley road, about two miles from Haslingden; and near it is a Quaker’s Meeting-house, at a place called Crawshaw Booth.
A great number of mills were erected upon the Swinnel, for carding cotton and sheep’s wool, and spinning them into cotton twist, and woollen yarn, for the flannels made here.
The completion of the Haslingden and other canals, has afforded the town the benefit of water carriage for bulky goods, before conveyed thither by land. The turnpike road from Halifax to Blackburn runs through Haslingden, and is kept in excellent repair, from the goodness of the materials which are every where at hand.
About a mile from Haslingden there is an ancient mansion, formerly the seat of the Holden family, and near it is Coldhutch Bank, under a hill, from which the finest flag-stones and slate are obtained. All the surrounding country abounds with excellent freestone.
HASLINGDEN is a municipal borough, and some time a parochial chapelry in Whalley parish, and a small but ancient market and union town on the road from Bury to Burnley; it is the head of a county court district, with a station on the East Lancashire section of the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, 208 miles from London, 4 south from Accrington, 10 south-west from Burnley, 8 ½ north from Bury, 9 from Blackburn, 7 west, from Bacup, 10 north from Bolton, 44 ½ north-east from Liverpool, 18 ¾ north from Manchester, 19 ¼ from Preston, 13 from Rochdale and 27 ¾ from Wigan, in the Eossendale and Heywood. divisions of the county, Blackburn hundred, Bacup, Rawtenstall and Haslingden petty sessional division and in the rural deanery of Whalley, archdeaconry of Blackburn and diocese of Manchester.
The more ancient part of the town, is irregularly built on an acclivity, Church street being the principal street. The modern portion of the town inclines towards the valley, and Deardengate, Blackburn road and Manchester road are the leading thoroughfares.
The town is lighted with gas by the Haslingden Union Gas Co. from works erected in 1864, near the Grane Road siding, Mill Hill, and is supplied with water from the Bury Corporation Water Works at Clow Bridge and Clough Bottom: —
The Haslingen Rawtenstall and Bacup Outfall Sowage Board was formed by “Local Government Board’s Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 7) Act, 1890,” July 4, 1890, and reconstituted by “Local Government Board’s Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 19) Act, 1894” July 20, 1894. The sewage of the three boroughs is taken to Ewood Bridge and there treated by a system of precipitation.
The district was incorporated by Royal Charter on the 2nd June, 1891, and comprised the townships of Henheads and Musbury, and parts of the townships of Haslingden, Higher Booths, Lower Booths, Tottington Higher End and Tottington Lower End, but under the provisions of the “Local Government Act, 1894” (56 and 57 Vict. c. 73), these now form one civil parish under the name of Haslingden. The corporation consists of a mayor, six aldermen and eighteen councillors. The borough is divided into six wards.
The church of St. James, rebuilt in 1780, on the site of ail older structure, erected in the 16th century, in place of the ancient church, founded about 1290, is an edifice of stone, consisting of chancel with nave, aisles, north and south porches and an embattled tower with 4 pinnacles, rebuilt in 1828, and containing a clock and 8 bells, hung in 1830; the building was new-roofed in 1856. In the chancel is a memorial Window to Mrs. John Hoyle, and in the nave and chancel aisles are eight other memorial windows, given by various persons: the font was presented by Mrs., Elizabeth Holden, in 1540, and bears the Towneley arms: during some repairs in 1857 the supposed relics of a saint were disinterred: the church was restored in 1878, at a cost of £5,700, and has 1,200 sittings, of which 350 are free. The registers date from the year 1608. The living was declared a vicarage April 3rd, 1866, net yearly value £400, with residence, in the gift of Hulme’s trustees, and held since 1892 by the Rev. Abraham Spencer M.A; of Brasenose College, Oxford, and surrogate.
The Catholic chapel, at West, View, dedicated to Our Lady of the immaculate Conception, and erected in 1859, at a cost of about £2,000; consists of chancel, nave, side chapels, vestry and a small western stair turret: the high altar, of marble, was erected in 1898 at a cost of £500; attached is, a presbytery.
Trinity Baptist chapel, Blackburn road, erected in 1872. at a cost, including land, of £12,600, is in the Italian style, and will seat 830.
Ebenezer Baptist chapel, in Bury road, founded in 1842, and rebuilt in 1900 at a cost of £5,200, will seat 520.
The Congregational chapel, in Grane road, founded in 1785, will sent 750.
The Wesleyan chapel, in the Manchester road, erected in 1856, at a cost of about £5,000, and enlarged and refitted at a cost of £0,000, has sittings for 950; a residence for one minister, built at a cost of £2,000, and presented to the connexion by Mr. Stott, adjoins the chapel: in the Bury road is another minister’s residence, the cost of which (£1,200) was raised by voluntary contributions.
A Cemetery of 11 ½ acres, situated near Grane, was consecrated in 1903, and has chapels for the Church of England, Nonconformists and Roman Catholics respectively. The total cost was about £7,000.
The Public Hall, in Regent street, has, a large room for entertainments and meetings, holding 400 persons. The Court House, a building of stone, in George street, was erected in 1852, at a cost of nearly £1,600. Adjoining the Court House is a police station, for one inspector, 2 sergeants and 14 constables.
The Haslingden institute, in Deardengate, erected by subscription in 1861, at a cost of £3,000, contains a rending room Well supplied with London and provincial newspapers and periodicals, a good library of upwards of 1,000 volumes and an excellent billiard room. There are now (1904) 100 members.
The Haslingden Rifle Volunteers, originally enrolled in 1862, now form the 1 Company of the second Volunteer Battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment; the corps has a spacious drill hall in Bury road, and numbers 141 of all ranks.
The Haslingden Conservative Club, George street, erected in 1870, contains reading and conversation rooms, besides two billiard rooms, and members can be Supplied with refreshments of all kinds; there are now 270 members.
The Liberal Club, in Manchester, road, was formed in 1881 as a limited company; new premises were erected during 1899—1900, at a cost of £2,600, and contain two billiard rooms and news and conversation rooms; the club numbers nearly 250 members.
There are stone quarries, cotton and woollen manufactories, size and brick works, and Messrs. S. S. Stott and Co.'s engineering and foundry works; these give employment to the principal portion of the in habitants.
The Co-operative Society, established in 1851, has a large room for its meetings over the stores, in Deardengate, with reading room free to members and such of their children as are above 13 years of age. The society has now (1904) 2,370 members.
The market days are Tuesday and Saturday. Fairs are held the first Tuesday in each month for cattle, horses, pigs and toys.
The charities amount to £50 yearly, part of which, left by Benjamin Holden, George Hargreaves and John Heap esqrs. is applied to educational purposes; Lawrence Heys also gave, 10 free scholarships to the National school, now commuted as a benefaction to the National schools generally, and clothing for the poor at Christmas.
A park of about 14 acres, was laid out in 1900 on the Helmshore road, at an estimated cost of about £3,000, the land having been presented to the town by the families of Messrs. Stott and Smith; a band stand has since been erected by Mr. John Stott, of Springfield Lodge, at a cost of upwards of £500.
The principal residences in the neighbourhood are Springfield Lodge, the residence of John Stott esq.; Stone House, of Nicholas Worsley esq. J.P.; Flaxmoss, Helmshore, of G. A. Smith esq. J.P.; Greenfleld, House, of Vernon Stott esq.; Wliitecroft, of Mrs. Briggs, and Turfcote, of W. H. Smith esq.
The Duke of Buccleuch K.G., K.T. is lord of the manor, and holds a court baron twice a year in the National schoolroom. The chief landowners are the trustees of the late John Hoyle, G. and J. Hargreaves, John and Thomas L. Ormerod and William Turner esqrs. the representatives of the late Ralph Holden and the Rev. George Thomas Bailey Ormerod B.A. of Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Grass crops are raised in the valley and on the surrounding hills. The area of the civil parish and municipal borough is 8,092 acres of land and 104 of water; rateable value, in 1904, £78,764; the population in 1901 was 18,543.
The population of the municipal wards in 1901 was:-No. 1, Town, 3,764; No. 2, or Holden, 3,717; No. 3, or Syke, 3.703; No. 4, or Helmshore, 2,440; No. 5, or Grane, 1,668; No. 6, or Acre, 3,261.
The population of the ecclesiastical parishes in 1901 was:-St. James, 9,168; St. Stephen, 1,108; St. Thomas, Helmshore, 2,189; St. John the Evangelist, Stonefold, 1,514; St. Peter’s, Laneside, 4,472.
Parish Clerk, St. James’, John James Nuttall.
Petty Sessions are held every alternate Monday & on any other day if required in the Court house, George street, at 10.30 a.m. for Haslingden borough & every alternate thursday at 10.30 a.m. at Rawtenstall & 11 a.m. every Wednesday at Bacup. The places in the division are Bacup, Cloughfold, Haslingdan, Musbury, Newchurch, Rawtenstall, Rising Bridge, Stacksteads, Helmshore, Ewood Bridge & Waterfoot.
PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services
St. James’ Church, Rev. A. Spencer M.A. vicar; Rev. Raymond Hargrave B.A. curate; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.
St. Peter’s, Laneside, Rev. James Dodd, incumbent; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
St. Stephen’s, Grane, Rev. Thomas Storey Bates, vicar; 10.30 a.m. & 2.45 p.m.
St John’s, Stonefold, Rev. Richard Parker, vicar; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
Hindle Street Mission Room (in connection with St. James’): 6.30 p.m.
Free Church of England,; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seats 260.
Catholic, West view, Rev. Michael Buckley, priest; 9 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seats 380.
Baptist (Ebenezer), Bury road,; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; seats 750.
Baptist (Trinity), Blackburn road, Rev. Joseph Fox; 10.30 a.m. & 8 p.m.; Tues. 7.30 p.m.; seats 830.
Baptist (Particular), Chapel street (Adullam); 10.30 a.m. & 2.15 p.m.; Wed. 7.15 p.m.; seats 200.
Congregational, Grane road, Rev. James W. Nairn; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seats 800.
Methodist Free Church, Regent street, Rev. James Sarvent; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; seats 800.
Primitive Methodist, Grane road, Rev. Henry Lowe Herod; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; seats 830.
Swedenborgians; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; seats 300.
Wesleyan (Rev. Thomas B. Harrowell, superintendent & Rev. James Wakely & Rev. Joseph Cartwright, ministers):-Manchester rd.; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7,30 p.m.; seats 958 King street; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seats 600.
Blackburn rd.; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seats 406.
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Church yard (mixed & infants), erected in 1854 & enlarged in 1872, at a cost of £1,500, & subsequently further enlarged at a cost of £1,700, for 660 children; average attendance, 343 mixed & 198 infants.
Haslingden Grane (mixed), for 220 children; average attendance, 77.
Catholic (mixed), built in 1871, at a cost of about £1,300, & enlarged in 1886 at a further cost of £700, for 439 children; average attendance, 261.
Bury road (mixed & infants), for 619 children; average attendance, 202 boys & girls & 95 infants.
Manchester road (mixed & infants), erected in 1863, at a cost of nearly £6,000, for 725 children; average attendance, 395 boys & girls & 186 infante.
Most Common Surnames in Haslingden
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Blackburn Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnes | 653 | 1:24 | 9.30% | 50 |
| 2 | Haworth | 508 | 1:31 | 8.73% | 70 |
| 3 | Holden | 374 | 1:42 | 4.10% | 28 |
| 4 | Taylor | 255 | 1:61 | 0.66% | 2 |
| 5 | Ashworth | 249 | 1:63 | 2.60% | 25 |
| 6 | Warburton | 226 | 1:69 | 5.12% | 117 |
| 7 | Hargreaves | 220 | 1:71 | 2.77% | 38 |
| 8 | Whittaker | 197 | 1:79 | 2.44% | 35 |
| 9 | Nuttall | 191 | 1:82 | 3.23% | 69 |
| 10 | Hoyle | 189 | 1:83 | 5.91% | 190 |
| 11 | Entwistle | 184 | 1:85 | 3.89% | 102 |
| 12 | Heys | 171 | 1:91 | 8.73% | 323 |
| 13 | Tattersall | 160 | 1:98 | 5.02% | 191 |
| 14 | Pickup | 150 | 1:104 | 4.56% | 184 |
| 15 | Greenwood | 149 | 1:105 | 2.04% | 45 |
| 16 | Heap | 143 | 1:109 | 4.41% | 186 |
| 17 | Barlow | 142 | 1:110 | 2.03% | 51 |
| 18 | Wilkinson | 140 | 1:112 | 1.36% | 24 |
| 19 | Rothwell | 130 | 1:120 | 2.89% | 112 |
| 20 | Ratcliffe | 129 | 1:121 | 3.71% | 171 |
| 21 | Pilkington | 126 | 1:124 | 3.04% | 125 |
| 22 | Parkinson | 123 | 1:127 | 1.59% | 39 |
| 23 | Riley | 122 | 1:128 | 1.40% | 30 |
| 23 | Tomlinson | 122 | 1:128 | 3.20% | 142 |
| 25 | Green | 119 | 1:131 | 1.13% | 23 |
| 26 | Hindle | 113 | 1:138 | 3.50% | 189 |
| 27 | Birtwistle | 112 | 1:139 | 7.44% | 429 |
| 28 | Smith | 109 | 1:143 | 0.24% | 1 |
| 29 | Law | 108 | 1:145 | 4.36% | 249 |
| 30 | Chew | 107 | 1:146 | 15.81% | 915 |
| 31 | Duckworth | 103 | 1:152 | 2.27% | 111 |
| 32 | Rushton | 101 | 1:155 | 3.48% | 212 |
| 33 | Lord | 100 | 1:156 | 1.20% | 34 |
| 34 | Holt | 96 | 1:163 | 0.90% | 21 |
| 35 | Kay | 88 | 1:177 | 1.21% | 46 |
| 36 | Walsh | 81 | 1:193 | 0.96% | 32 |
| 37 | Ormerod | 78 | 1:200 | 3.84% | 312 |
| 37 | Rishton | 78 | 1:200 | 33.77% | 2,043 |
| 39 | Cowpe | 77 | 1:203 | 52.03% | 2,738 |
| 40 | Ramsbottom | 74 | 1:211 | 4.74% | 414 |
| 41 | Schofield | 73 | 1:214 | 0.91% | 36 |
| 42 | Whitaker | 72 | 1:217 | 4.31% | 389 |
| 43 | Halstead | 70 | 1:223 | 6.10% | 557 |
| 44 | Hartley | 68 | 1:230 | 0.90% | 42 |
| 45 | Yates | 67 | 1:233 | 0.73% | 27 |
| 45 | Pilling | 67 | 1:233 | 2.53% | 233 |
| 47 | Bentley | 66 | 1:237 | 2.29% | 215 |
| 47 | Dewhurst | 66 | 1:237 | 2.26% | 209 |
| 49 | Harrison | 65 | 1:240 | 0.48% | 11 |
| 49 | Woods | 65 | 1:240 | 1.27% | 86 |
| 51 | Sutcliffe | 61 | 1:256 | 1.50% | 127 |
| 52 | Fletcher | 56 | 1:279 | 0.77% | 48 |
| 52 | Collinge | 56 | 1:279 | 3.18% | 358 |
| 54 | Kenyon | 54 | 1:289 | 1.15% | 103 |
| 55 | Robinson | 51 | 1:306 | 0.31% | 7 |
| 55 | Rawstron | 51 | 1:306 | 14.96% | 1,549 |
| 57 | Hamer | 50 | 1:312 | 1.54% | 187 |
| 57 | Grimshaw | 50 | 1:312 | 1.43% | 165 |
| 59 | Hall | 49 | 1:319 | 0.41% | 17 |
| 59 | Brierley | 49 | 1:319 | 1.23% | 130 |
| 61 | Howarth | 47 | 1:332 | 0.41% | 20 |
| 62 | Wilson | 46 | 1:339 | 0.29% | 8 |
| 62 | Wallwork | 46 | 1:339 | 2.74% | 383 |
| 64 | Watson | 45 | 1:347 | 0.76% | 68 |
| 64 | Booth | 45 | 1:347 | 0.53% | 33 |
| 64 | Berry | 45 | 1:347 | 0.69% | 60 |
| 64 | Eastwood | 45 | 1:347 | 1.78% | 244 |
| 68 | Brown | 44 | 1:355 | 0.25% | 6 |
| 68 | Stott | 44 | 1:355 | 0.86% | 85 |
| 70 | Holland | 43 | 1:363 | 0.96% | 114 |
| 70 | Worsley | 43 | 1:363 | 2.98% | 446 |
| 70 | Lonsdale | 43 | 1:363 | 4.38% | 655 |
| 73 | Leach | 42 | 1:372 | 1.06% | 132 |
| 74 | Kelly | 40 | 1:390 | 0.46% | 31 |
| 74 | Ingham | 40 | 1:390 | 1.17% | 175 |
| 74 | Singleton | 40 | 1:390 | 1.57% | 242 |
| 77 | Dean | 39 | 1:400 | 0.88% | 116 |
| 77 | Knowles | 39 | 1:400 | 0.76% | 84 |
| 79 | Harwood | 37 | 1:422 | 2.01% | 345 |
| 79 | Platt | 37 | 1:422 | 1.06% | 166 |
| 79 | Cockerill | 37 | 1:422 | 34.26% | 3,329 |
| 82 | Dobson | 36 | 1:434 | 1.64% | 283 |
| 83 | Walton | 35 | 1:446 | 0.92% | 144 |
| 83 | Rostron | 35 | 1:446 | 2.06% | 379 |
| 85 | Spencer | 34 | 1:459 | 0.61% | 74 |
| 85 | Waddington | 34 | 1:459 | 1.87% | 347 |
| 87 | Hanson | 32 | 1:488 | 1.91% | 386 |
| 87 | Cronkshaw | 32 | 1:488 | 30.77% | 3,408 |
| 89 | Wood | 31 | 1:504 | 0.24% | 14 |
| 89 | Clark | 31 | 1:504 | 0.63% | 92 |
| 91 | Dearden | 29 | 1:538 | 1.39% | 303 |
| 92 | Isherwood | 28 | 1:558 | 0.95% | 208 |
| 92 | O'Hara | 28 | 1:558 | 3.78% | 835 |
| 94 | Thompson | 27 | 1:578 | 0.20% | 13 |
| 94 | King | 27 | 1:578 | 0.75% | 159 |
| 94 | Lee | 27 | 1:578 | 0.36% | 43 |
| 94 | Hallam | 27 | 1:578 | 4.79% | 1,038 |
| 94 | Jenkinson | 27 | 1:578 | 2.39% | 564 |
| 94 | Chester | 27 | 1:578 | 5.10% | 1,111 |
| 100 | Wright | 26 | 1:600 | 0.25% | 22 |
| 100 | Scott | 26 | 1:600 | 0.56% | 108 |
| 100 | Bell | 26 | 1:600 | 0.52% | 90 |
| 100 | Buckley | 26 | 1:600 | 0.38% | 54 |
| 100 | Fitton | 26 | 1:600 | 1.05% | 250 |
| 100 | Bury | 26 | 1:600 | 1.74% | 430 |
| 100 | Camm | 26 | 1:600 | 17.69% | 2,749 |
| 107 | Jackson | 25 | 1:624 | 0.14% | 4 |
| 107 | Turner | 25 | 1:624 | 0.21% | 19 |
| 107 | Hodgson | 25 | 1:624 | 0.79% | 192 |
| 107 | Maxwell | 25 | 1:624 | 3.18% | 803 |
| 107 | Fenwick | 25 | 1:624 | 18.80% | 2,940 |
| 107 | Catlow | 25 | 1:624 | 2.37% | 615 |
| 113 | Johnson | 24 | 1:651 | 0.16% | 9 |
| 113 | Burke | 24 | 1:651 | 0.80% | 203 |
| 113 | Maden | 24 | 1:651 | 2.54% | 678 |
| 116 | Collins | 23 | 1:679 | 0.66% | 168 |
| 116 | Bradshaw | 23 | 1:679 | 0.49% | 104 |
| 116 | Higson | 23 | 1:679 | 1.47% | 412 |
| 116 | Hayhurst | 23 | 1:679 | 2.30% | 646 |
| 120 | Mason | 22 | 1:710 | 0.47% | 107 |
| 120 | Stephenson | 22 | 1:710 | 0.92% | 259 |
| 120 | Welsh | 22 | 1:710 | 1.12% | 320 |
| 120 | Mead | 22 | 1:710 | 14.01% | 2,625 |
| 120 | Walmsley | 22 | 1:710 | 0.47% | 105 |
| 120 | Timlin | 22 | 1:710 | 34.92% | 4,621 |
| 126 | Nelson | 21 | 1:743 | 0.71% | 205 |
| 126 | McGuire | 21 | 1:743 | 2.52% | 753 |
| 126 | Whiteley | 21 | 1:743 | 3.01% | 889 |
| 126 | Moorhouse | 21 | 1:743 | 2.42% | 727 |
| 130 | Cooper | 20 | 1:781 | 0.30% | 56 |
| 130 | Clayton | 20 | 1:781 | 0.56% | 163 |
| 130 | McIntyre | 20 | 1:781 | 2.62% | 817 |
| 130 | Kirby | 20 | 1:781 | 1.50% | 480 |
| 130 | Clegg | 20 | 1:781 | 0.33% | 64 |
| 130 | Fenton | 20 | 1:781 | 1.42% | 455 |
| 130 | Grady | 20 | 1:781 | 3.82% | 1,118 |
| 130 | Haran | 20 | 1:781 | 35.09% | 4,955 |
| 138 | Bailey | 19 | 1:822 | 0.39% | 96 |
| 138 | Lambert | 19 | 1:822 | 1.20% | 410 |
| 138 | Barton | 19 | 1:822 | 0.52% | 157 |
| 138 | Bolton | 19 | 1:822 | 0.48% | 131 |
| 138 | Gibbons | 19 | 1:822 | 1.38% | 464 |
| 138 | Donaldson | 19 | 1:822 | 4.40% | 1,288 |
| 138 | Conway | 19 | 1:822 | 1.53% | 516 |
| 138 | Haslam | 19 | 1:822 | 0.63% | 204 |
| 138 | Seed | 19 | 1:822 | 1.38% | 465 |
| 138 | Birtwhistle | 19 | 1:822 | 25.00% | 4,122 |
| 138 | Adcroft | 19 | 1:822 | 18.81% | 3,471 |
| 149 | Jones | 18 | 1:867 | 0.05% | 3 |
| 149 | Williams | 18 | 1:867 | 0.10% | 5 |
| 149 | Clarke | 18 | 1:867 | 0.30% | 66 |
| 149 | Murphy | 18 | 1:867 | 0.27% | 55 |
| 149 | Chadwick | 18 | 1:867 | 0.23% | 40 |
| 149 | Arthur | 18 | 1:867 | 7.26% | 1,947 |
| 149 | Leonard | 18 | 1:867 | 1.73% | 621 |
| 149 | Molloy | 18 | 1:867 | 2.29% | 802 |
| 149 | Whipp | 18 | 1:867 | 3.70% | 1,188 |
| 158 | Porter | 17 | 1:918 | 0.54% | 194 |
| 158 | Hopkins | 17 | 1:918 | 1.71% | 649 |
| 158 | Lawson | 17 | 1:918 | 0.76% | 277 |
| 158 | Kershaw | 17 | 1:918 | 0.29% | 71 |
| 158 | Wise | 17 | 1:918 | 7.80% | 2,122 |
| 158 | Aspinall | 17 | 1:918 | 0.65% | 234 |
| 164 | Parker | 16 | 1:976 | 0.23% | 52 |
| 164 | Brooks | 16 | 1:976 | 0.33% | 98 |
| 164 | Burton | 16 | 1:976 | 0.69% | 271 |
| 164 | Shepherd | 16 | 1:976 | 0.44% | 155 |
| 164 | Whitehead | 16 | 1:976 | 0.22% | 44 |
| 164 | Banks | 16 | 1:976 | 0.48% | 181 |
| 164 | Lindsay | 16 | 1:976 | 3.21% | 1,167 |
| 164 | Bullock | 16 | 1:976 | 1.88% | 739 |
| 164 | Myers | 16 | 1:976 | 1.18% | 472 |
| 164 | Bridge | 16 | 1:976 | 0.57% | 219 |
| 164 | Sharples | 16 | 1:976 | 0.34% | 101 |
| 164 | Wilcock | 16 | 1:976 | 0.80% | 315 |
| 164 | Cunliffe | 16 | 1:976 | 0.51% | 197 |
| 164 | Emmett | 16 | 1:976 | 2.50% | 948 |
| 164 | Mawdsley | 16 | 1:976 | 1.80% | 709 |
| 164 | Tunney | 16 | 1:976 | 20.25% | 4,021 |
| 180 | Morris | 15 | 1:1,041 | 0.17% | 29 |
| 180 | Barker | 15 | 1:1,041 | 0.30% | 94 |
| 180 | Nicholas | 15 | 1:1,041 | 4.98% | 1,720 |
| 180 | Horner | 15 | 1:1,041 | 2.96% | 1,154 |
| 180 | Carlin | 15 | 1:1,041 | 7.18% | 2,185 |
| 180 | Boothman | 15 | 1:1,041 | 2.14% | 884 |
| 180 | Diggle | 15 | 1:1,041 | 1.75% | 733 |
| 180 | Willan | 15 | 1:1,041 | 4.82% | 1,678 |
| 180 | Heyhurst | 15 | 1:1,041 | 53.57% | 7,714 |
| 189 | Davies | 14 | 1:1,115 | 0.10% | 12 |
| 189 | Ford | 14 | 1:1,115 | 0.63% | 277 |
| 189 | Barrett | 14 | 1:1,115 | 0.66% | 299 |
| 189 | Moss | 14 | 1:1,115 | 0.33% | 122 |
| 189 | Higgins | 14 | 1:1,115 | 0.62% | 275 |
| 189 | Abbott | 14 | 1:1,115 | 0.85% | 393 |
| 189 | Houghton | 14 | 1:1,115 | 0.33% | 121 |
| 189 | Greaves | 14 | 1:1,115 | 0.66% | 298 |
| 189 | Paton | 14 | 1:1,115 | 4.29% | 1,615 |
| 189 | Fielding | 14 | 1:1,115 | 0.38% | 151 |
| 189 | Whitworth | 14 | 1:1,115 | 0.66% | 300 |
| 189 | Duffield | 14 | 1:1,115 | 11.67% | 3,143 |
| 189 | Keir | 14 | 1:1,115 | 36.84% | 6,396 |
| 189 | Cordingley | 14 | 1:1,115 | 8.54% | 2,545 |