St Michael, Grimsargh - Church of England
St Michael,
Preston Road,
Grimsargh
Lancashire
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Cemeteries
The Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society have transcribed and published the Monumental Inscriptions in the graveyard.Church History
It was founded in 1716.The chapel of St. Micheal the Archangel is a builing of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch and an embattled western tower with spire containing one bell : there is a stained window : the church was thoroughly restored in 1868 at a cost of £3,000, defrayed by the Rev. Canon John Cross. The register dates from the year 1854. The living is a perpetual curacy, gross yearly value £110, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Preston, and held since 1880 by the Rev. Tertius Augustus Buzzard M.A. of Cambridge University.from Kelly's Lancashire Directory, 1895
Church Records
Original registers
Lancashire Record Office hold:- Marriages 1875-1949
Indexes
The IGI contains:- Marriages - 1875-1900
The LDS British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd edition CDs contain:
- Marriages 1875-1900
Maps
The church is located at OS grid reference SD582338. You can see this on maps provided by:- this church marked on a Google map. (Use this to report a corrected location)
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- Streetmap.co.uk.
- multimap.com.
- www.magic.gov.uk
- Google maps showing nearby churches with satellite image option.
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