Christening Records

TomWood3

Searching the Family Search website, I found the following two christening records. They state that they took place at either St. Helens or Windle in Lancashire, but do not say at which Church they took place. Is there any way of determining the Church?

Name: Ralph Owen

Sex: Male

Christening Date: 15 Jun 1783

Christening Place: Windle, Lancashire, England

Christening Place (Original): Saint Helens, Lancashire, England

Birth Date: 29 May 1783

Father's Name: James Owen

Father's Sex: Male

Book Number: 942.72 K29PR

Originating System: ODM

Indexing Batch: C03666-1

Citing this Record

"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch

(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NBCS-L8K : 19 March 2020),

Ralph Owen, 1783.

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Name: Mary Owen

Sex: Female

Christening Date: 3 Apr 1785

Christening Place: Windle, Lancashire, England

Christening Place (Original): Saint Helens, Lancashire, England

Birth Date: 18 Mar 1785

Father's Name: James Owen

Father's Sex: Male

Book Number: 942.72 K29PR

Originating System: ODM

Indexing Batch: C03666-1

Citing this Record

"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch

(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N55D-YNY : 19 March 2020),

Mary Owen, 1785.

Graham Buckell

Quoting from GENUKI, "WINDLE, a township in Prescot parish, Lancashire; containing part of the town of St. Helens"

So the actual parish appears to be Prescot. This is supported by an image that can be found on Ancestry at

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/2478/images/32883_276531-00187?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=4ab9a6534d4d0e8f9fea892f1d65943a&usePUB=true&_phsrc=cbQ84&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.235628865.1509412880.1629125887-1120896961.1626021713&pId=9538992

which lists James' baptism in the parish records of Prescot. This states that the parents' residence was Haddock, which is probably Haydock , which is within the borough of St Helens.

TomWood3

My confusion stems from the two lines in each record referring to the christening place:

Christening Place: Windle, Lancashire, England

Christening Place (Original): Saint Helens, Lancashire, England

So my question at this point is, if I wanted to see a microfilm image of the record, would it be in the registers of Prescot or St. Helens?

Your response also brings up another confusing issue. I know that my Owen family was from Newton le Willows/Haydock but James' christening recorded was recorded in the registers of St. Peter, Newton on 24 Sep 1758. I can not view the image from the link that you sent, but if it shows a christening that took place in Prescot for James, that would be another point of confusion.