Church Records
Books
Deane Church has been on the site for hundreds of years. From time to time, someone writes of the history of the church. See what books are available to view online.
See also the Old Books page. As mentioned elsewhere, many of our old documents have been put into archive and our treasures are securely stored in bank vaults.
Photographs
The Church has many old photographs. Some have been scanned and can be found in our Gallery.
Magazines
Our magazine archive contains decades of local information. The more recent ones from 1988 to 2010 have been scanned. Browse through over twenty years from here.
Other Archives
Our records are spread over several collections. Some is in the Hulton collection in the Lancashire County Council archives at Lancashire Record Office, Bow Lane, Preston PR1 2RE.
Lancashire Records Office also have information on parish registers - look under 'D' for Deane Church. Additionally, information has been deposited there under personal 'collections': Hulton of Hulton and Kenyon of Peel
Much more of our documented past has been put into safe keeping at The National Archive. There is a lot of information available but you need to book a time-slot up to two weeks in advance of your visit.
Manchester Records Office have a search engine for finding documents etc. it holds at Pastfinder. Most can be found in section L85 with a few more bits in L122.
Some other documents are held at Lambeth Palace Library in London. See what we have uncovered up to now.
The web is a mine of information. A series of books contain certain facts, one of which is A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5. There is also a book called "The Church and Parish of Deane" which may be found under the reference A.6.112 at Chetham's Library. A further gem can be found in the Coucher Book on pages 60-62. A copy of the book has been obtained and the section has been translated.
Try also Lancashire Online Parish Clerks which includes pages on Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
Bolton Museum has quite a collection of transcripts and microfiched items. See below.
Parish Church of St Mary
- Baptisms 1604-1812 Printed LPRS 53* 54* 79*
- Baptisms 1636-1886 Microfilm A6:25-28
- Baptisms 1604-1886 Transcript
- Marriages 1604-1812 Printed LPRS 53* 54* 79*
- Marriages 1637-1890 Microfilm A6:25, A6:27, A6:29-35
- Marriage Transcript 1840-1886 Microfilm A6:39
- Marriages 1604-1886 Transcript
- Burials 1604-1812 Printed LPRS 53* 54* 79*
- Burials 1637-1887 Microfilm A6:25, A6:36-38
- Burials 1604-1886 Transcript
- Burial Transcript 1813-1886 Microfilm A6:39
- I.G.I.: Baptisms 1604-1829
- I.G.I.: Marriages 1604-1812
- Monumental Inscriptions Transcript B929.5 DEA
- Monumental Inscriptions Microfiche LPRS H:H21
- Baptism Index 1813-1859 Transcript B929.3 DEA
- Marriage Index 1813-1886 Transcript B929.3 DEA
- Marriage Index 1813-1837 Microfiche LPRS B:D5
Rootsweb is another source of information as is Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society which sells CDs and microfiche records. Try also Parish Chest
The London Family History Centre can also supply fiche.
Throughout the half millennium that there has been a church at Deane, records have been kept. Some we have retained and others are put in archive. Some were archived to the County Record Office in 1949. Rev Roger Jackson, a previous Rector, realised what a wealth of information we had in our possession but due to environmental concerns decided a more secure and suitable storage was needed.
In 1982 many of our records were transferred to the National Archive at Manchester.
This is a link to some plans of Deane Church, more research is being made
Burial records from March 1887 are kept at the church. A fee is payable for a search, details from http://www.cofe.anglican.org/lifeevents/ministry/workofmindiv/dracsc/ffandaw/
Visit our Archives page for more information on our rich history.
Contact: archive@deanechurch.co.uk