England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parochial chapelry of Haslingden lies in east central Lancashire within the vast parish of Whalley which forms the greater part of this area of the county. Haslingden is an industrial market town which forms the southwestern portion of Whalley parish. Haslingden is a a valley-side settlement in the Upper Irwell system, one of a string of towns built upon the woollen & cotton milling industries, it sits on the A56 road which connects Bury with Blackburn. Once a small country, upland, market town Haslingden grew within the period of this transcript into a substantial industrial centre, the power of the upland rivers being utilised to drive the looms of the trade, initially woollen processing from the extensive upland sheep, and latterly the cotton trade, the mainstay of eastern Lancashire's industry. Today Haslingden is a trifle postindustrial with the cotton weaving trade largely migrated to overseas location and the mills largely closed, leaving the area somewhat impoverished despite efforts to diversify the employment prospects. Haslingden is squeezed onto a narrow shelf of land between the valley of the Irwell and the moors of Haslingden & Oswaldtwistle Moors, the Irwell drains southwards passing through Bury & Manchester before meeting the Mersey and the Irish Sea through the ports of Liverpool & Birkenhead. Haslingden is sited at between 200 & 250 metres above the sea in an area which forms the western edge of the Pennines, land rises swiftly out of the town reaching 400 metres on Cribden Hill. The parish of Whalley is vast covering 106,400 acres, one of the largest parishes in the country and Haslingden chapelry covers just over 13,300 acres making it large even by parish standards. In common with most of this area of the county Haslingden is not mentioned in Domesday Book. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 30th March 1754 - 8th July 1764 | Lancashire Record Office - Preston - Reference PR3016/1/10 | Plain, unruled book containing combined Banns & Marriages | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 28th July 1764 - 20th September 1783 | Lancashire Record Office - Preston - Reference PR3016/1/11 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
3 | 2nd October 1783 - 7th August 1797 | Lancashire Record Office - Preston - Reference PR3016/1/12 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
4 | 13th August 1797 - 28th December 1812 | Lancashire Record Office - Preston - Reference PR3016/1/13 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | Fading of this register may lead to one or two misreads |
5 | 2nd January 1813 - 15th April 1822 | Lancashire Record Office - Preston - Reference PR3016/1/18 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
6 | 20th April 1822 - 13th February 1831 | Lancashire Record Office - Preston - Reference PR3016/1/19 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | Fading of this register may lead to one or two misreads |
7 | 14th February 1831 - 25th June 1837 | Lancashire Record Office - Preston - Reference PR3016/1/20 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | Fading of this register may lead to one or two misreads |
Accrington
St James
Whalley St Mary |
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St Mary
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St Mary
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