Genealogy Chat

Hi Merry, Well, Fulwood Barracks is not near to either church. It is on Watling Street Road, Fulwood and I would say a good 15 mins walk from there to either church, which are very close together. Fulwood is a district of Preston now. Was he living in the Barracks as a soldier? I will go onto the diocesen site to see which church is nearest to Barracks. May be it is the parish church of Fulwood!! Margaret ************************************************** This is what I found on the web site for Christ Church Fulwood which is on Victoria Road. Vicar Rev. B.R. (Brian) McConkey Tel 01772 719210 OS Map Ref SD538 314. When the parish of fulwood was created in 1860, it was part of Lancaster, not Preston. It had previously been part of St Mary’s parish Lancaster; the largest parish in the county. However, it was seen as necessary to recognize the growing population of wealthy Preston residents moving to the “Forest of Fulwood” as the Industrial Revolution gathered pace. In January 1862, the Fulwood Church Comittee began appealing for funds with a target of £3,700. By 1864 the target was reached and, on 12 May 1864, the foundation stone of the new church was laid. It was dedicated on 3 August 1865 by the Bishop of Manchester. Since then, Fulwood continued to grow rapidly. In 1886, the new parish union workhouse was the first major building after Christ Church to be completed, and still stands to this day more recently becoming the Civic Hostel. The rapid growth lead, in 1883, to the Eastern part of Fulwood becoming the new parish of Ribbleton and, in 1916, it was felt necessary to increase the ecclesiastical presense in Fulwood by creating the Church of Saint Cuthbert. While Christ Church was being built, a barn of the old Brunswick farm was temporarily used as a mission. The area of the barn was rebuilt as a school in 1866 merging with an existing school on Black Bull Lane. The new school, the Fulwood and Cadeley School (Original Spelling), moved back to Black Bull Lane in 1937 as the Cadley County Primary School. Since 1937, the old school house has been the church hall where many of the church activities indicated on this website take place. The hall is made available to other local organisations. Web Site - www(.)blackburn.anglican(.)org/fulwood It lists all churches in the Blackburn Diocese which covers Preston. ******************************************* There is also the Garrison Chapel, details below from GENUKI site. Garrison Chapel, Watling Street Road, Fulwood Lancashire Church History It was founded before 1848. Maps The church is located at OS grid reference SD548315. You can see this on maps provided by: Streetmap.co.uk. multimap.com. old-maps.co.uk www.magic.gov.uk ************ I still think it is the Parish Church in Preston. Margaret X

Merry My x2 grts got married in the Parish Church in the Parish of Preston in 1859. This was St Johns Church. I have a few pics of it if you would like. Jan

I am so grateful for all these suggestions - I suppose whatever the truth of which church SHOULD be described as the Parish church, it's down to the Vicar of the time who wrote what he felt like when he conducted the marriage. If I'm feeling brave I could 'phone Rev McConkey (who you traced, thak you Margaret) and ask him to look and see if ''my'' rev was Vicar at his church in 1915. Yes, the groom was a soldier. He was an officer, (but not a gentleman?), who ''forgot'' he was already married when he wed my gran!! I am trying to find out if the vicar ever wrote anything in the register if he was told what had happened after the event??? There are no clues in the civil record as to whether the marriage was made void officially. Merry

Stop it you lot... you are making me homesick as I'm a Preston lass (now in Australia) I was in the pub opposite Fulwood Barracks only last year. Congratulations on winning the Ashes back. Cheers Gerry

I have just asked my Preston born and bred husband 'If I asked you where the Parish Church was in Preston... where would you say it was' and he said 'St. John's... The Church near the Bull and Royal Hotel (no longer there) Anyway, I got my book out 'A History of Preston' by David Hunt and there are many refferences to St John's Parish Church (and apparently it was built on the site ancient St Wilfred's though none of the original fabric survives) It's a fabulous book and am pleased to see my old scripture and music teacher Ada Blackhurst (Frenchwood Sec.) in the acknowledgements. Hope this helps... Roll on the next Guild. Cheers Gerry

I wrote to the vicar at Christ Church, Fulwood (near Fulwood Barracks, where the groom was living) and he says the vicar's name (H S Butler) doesn't ''ring a bell'' when he thinks about the board listing the incumbents that hangs in the church!! Nice to know he checked thoroughly then!! I have now emailed The Parish Office that covers The Minster Church of St. John the Evangelist and The Parish Church of St. George the Martyr to see if they know of Rev H S Butler. Pity he didn't have a more memorable name really! So.....fingers crossed, everyone.......XXXX and thumbs XX and toes XXXXX (can you do that?) Merry