Dilworth Lancashire 1790's

[willowwilliam]

Hi,
I am at a crossroads with an ancestor with two possible matches. Ancestor Richard Clayton shows on the 1851 Census as being born in Dilworth, Lancs. One match for baptism shows Longridge and one for Ribchester. Google has given me this info .....DILWORTH, a township in Ribchester parish, Lancashire; on the Preston and Longridge railway, 7 miles NE of Preston. It contains Longridge village....... In 1791 does anyone know whether a person born in Dilworth would be baptised in Ribchester or Longridge please?

[ciderdrinker]

Hi
I don't know the area well but apparently Longridge was part of the parish of St Wilfred's Ribchester.
It's not either or but both.
Looking at the original entry,same volume or book ,it's the same page indexed twice with a space for Ribchester entries and another on the same page for Longridge.
Richard and Alice twins of William Clayton of Dilworth were baptised 24.7.1791 in the Ribchester section.(below on the page is the section for Longridge).

Other children,first at Longridge -William 1.2.1784 s of William and Mary of Dilworth and brother James 20.11.1785,then Ribchester -Thomas 2.3.1788 s of William of Dutton,John 30.9.1792 s of William of Ribchester,Ann 3.11.1793 of Ribchester-27.8.1793,Alice 3.1.1796 of Ribchester.

Burial for William of Dilworth at Ribchester 11.3.1802 and Mary wife of William Dec 1796.

Hope that solves the problem

Ciderdrinker

[garstonite]

He was from Dilworth and he was a Twin as stated in Notes
His baptism record is here
Baptism: 26 Jul 1791 St Wilfrid, Ribchester, Lancashire, England
Richard Clayton - [Child] of William Clayton
     Abode: Dilworth
     Notes: Twin
     Register: Baptisms 1773 - 1812, Page 42, Entry 9
     Source: LDS Film 94019

just to confirm Ciderdrinkers post

[lancsann]

The town(Longridge) originally had no legal existence, it was a ‘courtesy name’ given two the two townships of Dilworth and Alston of which Longridge is comprised.

There was a Chapel of Ease in Dilworth for the parish church of St Wilfred Ribchester. St Lawrence Longridge (or Dilworth) was not made a parish church until 1868. I think this means the baptisms which took place at Dilworth were entered into the Bishop's transcripts under St Wilfreds registers.

[willowwilliam]

Thank you so much for the help tp all of you. This has helped me immensely.

[KGarrad]

The page for Dilworth on GenUKI says:

DILWORTH, a township in Ribchester parish, Lancashire; on the Preston and Longridge railway, 7 miles NE of Preston. It contains Longridge village.

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Dilworth

The page for Longridge says:

LONGRIDGE, a village and a chapelry in Ribchester parish, Lancashire. The village stands in the townships of Alston, Hothersall, and Dilworth, on the SW slope of Longridge fell

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Longridge

[willowwilliam]

Ciderdrinker, can you please tell me where you can see that the parents of William and James are William and Mary. I am looking at the parish registers for St Wilfred and I see it only states William not Mary. It will be a big help to get confirmation that Mary was his wife as I haven't found a marriage record for them yet either. I have a William and Grace at St Wilfred in 1781 but no William and Mary
Hope to hear back from you
Thanks

[rosie99]

Ciderdrinker, can you please tell me where you can see that the parents of William and James are William and Mary.

They show as William & Mary on LancashireOPC  http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html

Baptism 1 Feb 1784 St Lawrence, Longridge
Wm. Clayton - S of Wm. Clayton & Mary
Abode Dilworth
Source: LDS Film 1657578

Baptism 20 Nov 1785 St Lawrence, Longridge
James Clayton - S of Wm. Clayton & Mary
Abode Dilworth
Source: LDS Film 1657578

[ciderdrinker]

Hi
The previous reply has beaten me to it.The records are on Ancestry and Lancashire online clerks
All the best
Ciderdrinker