The church St. Peters may be my local church, St. Peters, Halliwell. Anything i could help you with? Jonathan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn and Darryl" <dazwilson@bigpond.com> To: <ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 9:54 AM Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] WHICH CHURCH ? > Greetings, All, > > I have just been reviewing my ancestors. > > They all seem to have been married "BOLTON". > > They were all Church of England. There are many C of E Churches in Bolton. > How do I work out which one? I know that my researcher wrote "St Peter's, > Bolton". > > Years are between 1730 and at least 1833. > > Would love some help! > > Best wishes, > > Carolyn. Australia. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LAN-BOLTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

St Peter's, Halliwell is also my local church (so Hi, Jonathan!) but it wasn't founded until 1840. Before that, marriages in this area would have taken place at St Mary's, Deane. Deane was a separate parish. St Peter's Bolton le Moors is the correct title for the church seemingly referred to by Carolyn's researcher, given the specified dates. Depending where Carolyn's earlier ancestors lived in what is all now Bolton, it is very likely that they would have married in either St Peter's Bolton le Moors, or St Mary The Virgin, Deane (or Dean as it was written in earlier times). As with all things genealogical, the only way to know with any certainty is to find the original records, of course. If you can trust your researcher, then presumably that is what has been done, and "St Peter's, Bolton", if we are being pedantic, should have been written "St Peter's Bolton le Moors" Jonathan raises a very good point, as St Peter's, Halliwell is a large church (with a large graveyard) and "St Peter's, Bolton", in the later 19th century and onwards is a potentially ambiguous reference. Locally, we usually refer to St Peter's Bolton le Moors as "The Parish Church". Unfortunately the records of St Peter's, Halliwell are not available via any of the normal access methods, other than by visiting the church, so its public genealogical profile is really quite low. Many of my THORNLEY family are hidden away in there, sadly, as it does not seem to be possible to trawl the records, although of course you can go along and request details of known events. I hope all that hasn't added too much to the mystery. Rgds, Bob Thornley, Bolton > From: <itsbally@hotmail.com> > The church St. Peters may be my local church, St. Peters, Halliwell. > Anything i could help you with? > Jonathan. >> From: "Carolyn and Darryl" <dazwilson@bigpond.com> >> They were all Church of England. There are many C of E Churches in >> Bolton. >> How do I work out which one? I know that my researcher wrote "St Peter's, >> Bolton". >> Years are between 1730 and at least 1833. >> Carolyn. Australia.

I notice though that the school was built in 1810. Was that associated with an earlier church in the area? Martin Briscoe Fort William M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS -----Original Message----- From: eng-lan-bolton-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lan-bolton-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bob Thornley Sent: 12 September 2006 11:12 To: eng-lan-bolton@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] WHICH CHURCH ? St Peter's, Halliwell is also my local church (so Hi, Jonathan!) but it wasn't founded until 1840.