1841 England Census

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Please choose a civil parish in Lancashire:

Aldingham	Flixton	Preston
Altcar	Garstang	Prestwich Cum Oldham
Ashton Under Lyne	Halsall	Radcliffe
Aughton	Halton	Ribchester
Bispham	Haughton	Rochdale
Blackburn	Hawkeshead	Rufford
Bolton Le Moors	Hesketh With Becconstall	Salford
Bolton Le Sands	Heysham	Sephton
Bradford	Hoole	St Michael On Wyre
Brindle	Huyton	Standish
Broughton	Kirkby Ireleth	Stretford
Burton in Kendall	Kirkham	Tarleton
Bury	Lancaster	Tatham
Cartmel	Leigh	Thornton in Lonsdale
Childwall	Leyland	Toxteth Park
Chipping	Liverpool	Tunstall
Chorley	Lytham	Ulverstone
Claughton	Manchester	Urswick
Cockerham	Melling	Walton On The Hill
Colton	Middleton	Warrington
Croston	Mitton	Warton
Croxteth Park	North Meols	Whalley
Dalton in Furness	Ormskirk	Whittington
Deane	Pennington	Wigan
Denton	Penwortham	Winwick
Eccles	Poulton Le Fylde	Withington
Eccleston	Prescot

Census Records - Parishes

After separating census records into groups by county, the British Government subdivided these records into civil parish groups. Many times, but not always, the civil parish name is the same as the local ecclesiastical parish. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was recorded on the census, so it remains important to search the parishes surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.