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
- 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 RibbleGazetteers
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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.