Archives and libraries

Local studies information is held at St.Helens and Wigan libraries.

Cemeteries

• St James, Church Rd, Church of England
• St Mark, West End Road, Church of England

Census

Details about the census records, and indexes for Haydock.

Church History

Church Records

• Clipsley Lane, Baptist

• St Paul, Chain Lane Off Blackbrook Road, Church of England, Blackbrook
• St James, Church Rd, Church of England
• St Mark, West End Road, Church of England

• Christ Church, West End Road, Congregational

• West End Rd, Free Gospel, Blackbrook

• West End Road, Primitive Methodist

• The Blessed English Martyrs, Piele Road, Roman Catholic

• Clipsley Lane, Wesleyan Methodist

You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Haydock area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database. This will also help identify churches in nearby townships and/or parishes. You also have the option to see the location of the churches marked on a map.

If you keep this page loaded for a very long time and the database is updated since loading it, the church links above may become stale and may display the wrong church. If this happens, reloading this page will correct them.

Civil Registration

The Register Office covering the Haydock area is St Helens.

Gazetteers

Ask for the gazetteer for a calculation of the distance from Haydock to another place.

Historical Geography

In 1835 Haydock was a township in the parish of Winwick.

Maps

View maps of Haydock and places within its boundaries.

Occupations

At least 204 people were killed in an explosion at the Wood Pit in 1878. A list of the victims has been provided from Ian Winstanley's book Weep Mother's Weep.

Probate Records

For probate purposes prior to 1858, Haydock was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Chester are held at the Lancashire Record Office.