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Guide to '''Toxteth Park St James, Lancashire family history and genealogy:''' chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Guide to '''Toxteth Park St James, Lancashire family history and genealogy:''' chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
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{{Infobox England Jurisdictions
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| Type = [[Ecclesiastical Parish ]]
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| County = Lancashire
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| Hundred = Liverpool Borough; West Derby
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| Poor Law Union = West Derby
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| Registration District = West Derby
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| PRbegin = 1775; Separate registers exist for Toxteth Park St Michael in the Hamlet
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| BTbegin = 1775
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| Province = York
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| Diocese = Chester
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| Rural Deanery = Liverpool South
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| Archive = [[Lancashire Record Office]]
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== Chapelry History ==
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== Chapelry History
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Toxteth St James was built as a chapel of ease in the year 1775 and lay partly within the West Derby parish, and was also partly considered an extra-parochial tract within Liverpool.<br>
Toxteth St James was built as a chapel of ease in the year 1775 and lay partly within the West Derby parish, and was also partly considered an extra-parochial tract within Liverpool.<br>
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There is some ambiguity as to the origin of the name. One theory is that the etymology is "Toki's landing-place". However, Toxteth is mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, and at this time, it appears as "Stochestede", i.e. "the stockaded or enclosed place", from the Anglo-Saxon stocc "stake" and Anglo-Saxon stede "place" (found in many English placenames, usually spelled stead).
There is some ambiguity as to the origin of the name. One theory is that the etymology is "Toki's landing-place". However, Toxteth is mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, and at this time, it appears as "Stochestede", i.e. "the stockaded or enclosed place", from the Anglo-Saxon stocc "stake" and Anglo-Saxon stede "place" (found in many English placenames, usually spelled stead).
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The ancient township of Toxteth contains the ancient village of Smeedon or Smithdown. It stretches over an area of three miles along the River Mersey and two miles inland, the highest point being on the corner of Smithdown Lane and Lodge Lane. An ancient brook ran from the northern end of the area towards the river, near the boundary of Parliament Street, where it was used to power a water wheel before it ran into the river. Along the river are two creeks, one near the middle is known as Knot's Hole and another further south called Dickinson's Dingle received a brook which ran past the east end of St
Michael's
Church.
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The ancient township of Toxteth contains the ancient village of Smeedon or Smithdown. It stretches over an area of three miles along the River Mersey and two miles inland, the highest point being on the corner of Smithdown Lane and Lodge Lane. An ancient brook ran from the northern end of the area towards the river, near the boundary of Parliament Street, where it was used to power a water wheel before it ran into the river. Along the river are two creeks, one near the middle is known as Knot's Hole and another further south called Dickinson's Dingle received a brook which ran past the east end of St
Michaels
Church.
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At some time in history the creeks were filled in. The Dingle is now in the area where the old northern creek was situated, and St Michael's Hamlet is situated around the southern creek. Outside the southern boundary of the area lies the creek known as Otterspool, which formed the boundary between Wavertree and West Derby.<br>Toward the end of the 16th century, the Royal park ceased to be and Puritan farmers from Bolton settled in the area. Setting up 25 farms on land outside Church of England control, which became Toxteth Village, they
worshipped
at the "Ancient Chapel" of Toxteth on Park Road. In 1611, they built a school at the Dingle, appointing Richard Mather as master. Some years later, he began preaching to the local farmers in the Ancient Chapel.
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At some time in history the creeks were filled in. The Dingle is now in the area where the old northern creek was situated, and St Michael's Hamlet is situated around the southern creek. Outside the southern boundary of the area lies the creek known as Otterspool, which formed the boundary between Wavertree and West Derby.<br>Toward the end of the 16th century, the Royal park ceased to be and Puritan farmers from Bolton settled in the area. Setting up 25 farms on land outside Church of England control, which became Toxteth Village, they
worshiped
at the "Ancient Chapel" of Toxteth on Park Road. In 1611, they built a school at the Dingle, appointing Richard Mather as master. Some years later, he began preaching to the local farmers in the Ancient Chapel.
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As the area began to develop and become more
urbanised
, several places of worship were built to serve the growing community. The first church was St James's, in 1774. Other churches built during the 19th century include St John the Baptist's, 1832; St Thomas's, 1840; St Barnabas's, 1841; St Clement's Windsor, 1841; St Matthew's, 1847; St Paul's, 1848; Holy Trinity, 1858; St Silas's, 1865; St Cleopas's, 1866; St Margaret's, 1869; Christ Church, 1870; St Philemon's, 1874; All Saints', 1884; St Gabriel's, 1884; St Agnes's, 1884; St Bede's, 1886; St Andrew's, 1893; and the Welsh Presbyterian Church, nicknamed Toxteth Cathedral, 1868<br>
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As the area began to develop and become more
urbanized
, several places of worship were built to serve the growing community. The first church was St James's, in 1774. Other churches built during the 19th century include St John the Baptist's, 1832; St Thomas's, 1840; St Barnabas's, 1841; St Clement's Windsor, 1841; St Matthew's, 1847; St Paul's, 1848; Holy Trinity, 1858; St Silas's, 1865; St Cleopas's, 1866; St Margaret's, 1869; Christ Church, 1870; St Philemon's, 1874; All Saints', 1884; St Gabriel's, 1884; St Agnes's, 1884; St Bede's, 1886; St Andrew's, 1893; and the Welsh Presbyterian Church, nicknamed Toxteth Cathedral, 1868<br>
TOXTETH-PARK, an '''extra-parochial district''', in the union and hundred of West Derby, S. division of Lancashire; forming the south or south-eastern suburb of the town of Liverpool. <ref>Samuel A. Lewis[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51351#s29 '', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 380-386.''] Date accessed: 19 November 2013.</ref>
TOXTETH-PARK, an '''extra-parochial district''', in the union and hundred of West Derby, S. division of Lancashire; forming the south or south-eastern suburb of the town of Liverpool. <ref>Samuel A. Lewis[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51351#s29 '', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 380-386.''] Date accessed: 19 November 2013.</ref>
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== Resources ==
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==== Civil Registration ====
==== Civil Registration ====
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Online transcriptions exist for Toxteth Park St James' Chapelry registers, also for Liverpool's ancient parish of St Nicholas' baptism, marriage and burial registers and for all of those chapelries in Toxteth Park. Displayed below are those links to online data for both this and all chapelries in this township and for the ancient parish of St Nicholas located in the following websites; note the ranges of years''':'''
Online transcriptions exist for Toxteth Park St James' Chapelry registers, also for Liverpool's ancient parish of St Nicholas' baptism, marriage and burial registers and for all of those chapelries in Toxteth Park. Displayed below are those links to online data for both this and all chapelries in this township and for the ancient parish of St Nicholas located in the following websites; note the ranges of years''':'''
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*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
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== Websites ==
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== References ==
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