Wigan, England, Bestattungen der Church of England, 1813-1979

This database contains Church of England burial records from the parish of Wigan, which was historically located in Lancashire.

Parish Records

Before civil registration in England began in 1837, key events in a person’s life were typically recorded by the church rather than the state. Parish records are the best source of vital record information in England before the 19th century and remain an important source thereafter.

Burial Records

Historically, burials usually took place within a few days of death. The registers can provide

• name
• abode/residence
• date of burial
• age
• who performed the ceremony

In 1812, George Rose’s Act called for preprinted registers to be used for separate baptism, marriage, and burial registers as a way of standardizing records. These standardized registers are included in this collection. For earlier registers, please see the link provided in the Related Data Collections section on this page.