Fulwood
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FULWOOD, a township-chapelry in Lancaster parish, Lancashire; on the Lancaster and Preston railway, 1½ mile N of Preston. It has a station on the railway; and its post town is Preston. Acres, 2,077. Real property, £6,218. Pop. in 1851, 1,748; in 1861, 2,313. Houses, 172. This was part of the ancient royal forest of Fulwood, now enclosed; and Preston race-ground was part of it. Extensive barracks are here. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, not reported. Patron, the Vicar of L. The church is recent.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Preston library.Cemeteries
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Fulwood.Church History
Church Records
- Christ Church, Victoria Road, Church of England
- Garrison Chapel, Watling Street Road, Church of England
- St Cuthbert, Lytham Road, Church of England
- St Martin, Broadway, Church of England
- St Peter, Meadowfield, Church of England
- Lightfoot Lane, Free Methodist
- Longsands Lane, Latter Day Saints
- Watling Street Road, Methodist
- St Anthony of Padua, Cadley Causeway, Roman Catholic, Cadley
- Our Lady and St Edward, Marlborough Drive, Roman Catholic
- St Clare, Sharoe Green Lane North, Roman Catholic
- Symonds Rd, United Reformed
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Fulwood area is Preston and South RibbleDescription and Travel
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In 1835 Fulwood was a township in the parish of Lancaster.Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.
Maps
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Probate Records
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Fulwood was in the Archdeaconry of Richmond, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Richmond are held at the Lancashire Record Office.Societies
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