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Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of St Michael on Wyre lies in western part of the portion of Lancashire south of Morecambe Bay. St Michael on Wyre is located about 10 miles north of the large industrial town of Preston. St Michael on Wyre is a substantial village which sits on the A586 road which connects Blackpool with the A6 near Garstang and is sited at that road's crossing of the River Wyre. St Michael on Wyre is traditionally viewed as one of the earliest places where Christianity was introduced to the area and the settlement has clearly been present since well before the Norman Conquest. The area is dominated by pastoral farming with neat fields between hedges crisscrossing the landscape. The Wyre is here raised within levees as, having risen on the high fells to the east, it runs out onto the coastal plain that characterises this portion of the county. The Wyre drains westwards the few miles to reach the Irish Sea through the port of Fleetwood. St Michael on Wyre is sited at just 3 metres above the sea and sits on a fertile plain at or slightly above that height for some distance. St Michael on Wyre parish, like many in this area of the county, was rather extensive, indeed it was reckoned to be the third largest in extent within the county at almost 19,000 acres. The parish, however, also included within it the chapelry of Woodplumpton. Collectively the wider parish would have supported around 4,800 parishioners. In Domesday times this area of Lancashire was not directly detailed as to its assets, St Michael on Wyre was held directly by King William and raised taxes of 171 geld units making it a medium sized parish for tax purposes. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 17th May 1754 - 5th October 1774 | Lancashire Archives - Reference PR659a | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | Note this register is combined with its successor under a joint archival reference |
2 | 8th October 1774 - 30th May 1785 | Lancashire Archives - Reference PR659b | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | Note this register is combined with its predecessor under a joint archival reference |
3 | 10th July 1785 - 28th December 1812 | Lancashire Archives - Reference PR660 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & 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 | Poor handwriting leads to a likelihood of a few misreads |
4 | 17th February 1813 - 26th June 1837 | Lancashire Archives - Reference PR661 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Stalmine
St James
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Pilling St
John the Baptist
Garstang St Helen |
Garstang
St Helen
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Kirkham St
Michael
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Kirkham
St Michael
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Woodplumpton
St Anne
Preston St John the Devine |
Broughton
St John the Baptist
Preston St John the Devine |
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