The Roman Catholic Church of St Joseph (formerly Bedford RC Chapel), Bedford in the County of -- Lancashire --

Baptisms at St Joseph (formerly Bedford RC Chapel)
in the Parish of Leigh

Two transcripts, privately produced in typescript in 1986 and 1989 by Canon Brendan Alger (then at St Joseph's, later RC Dean of the Isle of Man) cover the first two registers RCLh 1 and RCLh 2. Canon Alger has given his permission for the transcripts to be put online, and digital images were provided to us by Joseph Shovelton (originally from Leigh) whose father was involved in the transcription work.

Introductory pages for register transcript 1 and transcript 2 are shown here and give the transcription methodology.

The Register for Baptisms at St Joseph (formerly Bedford RC Chapel) 1778 - 1821 with Surname Index

The Register for 1778 - 1821 is divided into batches covering 22 years
Batches for the individual years may be accessed via the links below

 1778 - 1799   1800 - 1821 

The Register for Baptisms at St Joseph (formerly Bedford RC Chapel) 1821 - 1843 with Surname Index

There are 1937 Baptism Records extracted for this Church

A combined index for all the above registers may be accessed through the links below.

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