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.

Census

Details about the census records, and indexes for Fulwood.

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

You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Fulwood 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 marked on a map.

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Civil Registration

The Register Office covering the Fulwood area is Preston and South Ribble

Gazetteers

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

Historical Geography

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

View maps of Fulwood and places within its boundaries.

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.

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[Last updated: Wednesday, 03-Sep-2008 11:34:14 BST - Phil Stringer]