Crossens, Lancashire Family History Guide

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Crossens is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1840 from North Meols Ancient Parish.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. John

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: None
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CROSSENS, a chapelry in North Meols parish, Lancashire; on the coast, at the mouth of the Ribble’s estuary, 3½ miles NE by N of Southport r. station.

It was constituted in 1860; and it has a post office under South-port. Rated property, £3, 762. Pop., 756. Houses, 155. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £260. Patron s, Trustees. The church is good.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

CROSSENS, a hamlet, in the parish of North Meols, union of Ormskirk, hundred of West Derby, S. division of Lancashire, 3½ miles (N. E.) from Southport; containing 582 inhabitants. The surface here is generally level; the soil is various, much of it of good quality, and chiefly arable.

The village is prettily situated on slightly rising ground, at the mouth of the Ribble; the population principally consists of farmers, labourers, and hand-loom weavers. A church (St. John’s) was erected in 1837, for the accommodation of the inhabitants, and those of the adjoining hamlet of Banks, which has a population of 840; it is a neat structure with a tower.

The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of Trustees; there is a parsonage house. A good national school has been established; and at Banks is another national school, in which divine service is performed by the minister of Crossens.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Registers

Marriage Licences and Allegations

London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869

The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.

Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.

Stansfeilde, Robert, of St. Bride, Fleet Street, weaver, and Margaret Harrison, of St. Anne and Agnes, London, daughter of John Harrison, late of Crosson, co. Lancaster, yeoman, deceased—at St. Bride. 19 Feb. 1585/6. B.

Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887

Administration

  • County: Lancashire
  • Civil Registration District: Ormskirk
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Chester
  • Rural Deanery: North Meols
  • Poor Law Union: Ormskirk
  • Hundred: West Derby
  • Province: York