Church Records and Religion

St Bartholomew’s Parish Church

o Baptisms
o Marriages
o Burials
o Monumental Inscriptions
o Hope Street Graveyard

Our Lady and St Hubert’s RC Church

o Baptisms
o Marriages
o Burials
o Monumental Inscriptions

Dunkenhalgh RC Chapel

o Introduction
o Baptisms date order
o Baptisms name index

Non-conformity
Non-conformity

o List of Recusants 1682
o Return of Papists 1767 
o Methodist Church

Parish Chest

Settlement Certificates

Poor Law

Directories

1825 1828 1854 1878 1881 1885 1888 1891 1894 1897 1903 1906 1909 1912 1915 1935

Land and Property Records

• Survey of Hesketh Lands 1735
• Tithes
• Leases, Rentals, Sales and Deeds

Maps

These links are directly to the maps, but the main map page gives a brief description of each map.

1582 1603 1762 1763 1796 1814 1853

Probate

Over 130 wills of Great Harwood people from Alice Grimshaw in 1579 to James Birtwistle in 1868.
If you have any Great Harwood wills please consider sharing an abstract for inclusion here.

Taxation and Government Records

• Poll Tax 1379
• Lay Subsidy 1660
• Hearth Tax 1666
• Window Tax

• Land Tax
• Tithes
• Poor Law

People

• Mercer Families of Great Harwood
• Smith Family of Great Harwood

Places

Cowden

Sources and Resources

Great Harwood History Society resources and materials