Slaidburn parish

Slaidburn parish registers: Dates and current locations etc.

The place:

A parish town, in the west division of Staincliffe, Liberty of Bowland; 9 miles from Clitheroe (Lancs), 10 from Gisburn and Long Preston, 12 from Settle, 20 from Lancaster and Blackburn (Lancs), 21 from Skipton, 62 from York. Population 914. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to Saint Andrew, in the deanery of Craven.

Deposited Registers (Lancashire Record Office)

• Baptisms: 1662-1885
• Marriages: 1654-1680, 1712-1968
• Burials: 1653-1852

Bishop's Transcripts:

• 1600, 1631-1640, 1661, 1662, 1664-1669, 1671-1673, 1675, 1676, 1682,1683, 1688, 1689, 1691-1698, 1700-1711, 1713-1720, 1722-1812, 1814-1843, (1844-1876*)
  * At West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds

IGI Coverage:

• C 1600, 1631-1812, 1814-1843;
• M 1600, 1631-1754, 1754-1812, 1814-1837

Transcripts and Indexes:

1. CMB 1600-1770; Printed transcript with index; C. J. Spencer, 1994; Society of Genealogists
2. C 1662-1812; M 1653-1754; B 1653-1812; Typed transcript, no index; Yorkshire Archaeological Society

Please note: For an explanation of the abbreviations and the meaning of those dates which are in italics, please see the Yorkshire Parish Registers main page.

The above register information was correct when the book was published (1998). However registers may be moved from one Register Office to another. If you know that any of the above data is incorrect, please drop me a line via my error reporting form.