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Charnock Richard and Welch Whittle, Lancashire

Historical Description

Charnock Richard and Welch Whittle are townships which were formed in 1861 into an ecclesiastical parish from that of Standish, Lancashire. It is adjacent to the Wigan and Preston railway, near Coppull station, 3 miles SW by Wof Chorley, under which it has a post office; money order and telegraph office, Euxton and Birkacre. Acreage of township of Char-nock Eichard, 1946; population, 645; of the ecclesiastical parish, 758. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester; value, £300 with residence. The church was built in 1861, is in the Decorated style, and consists of nave and chancel, with embattled western tower, and has several stained glass windows.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLancashire 
Civil parishStandish 
HundredLeyland 
Poor Law unionChorley 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Lancashire Archives, have images of the Parish Registers for Lancashire online.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Charnock Richard and Welch Whittle from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Charnock Richard and Welch Whittle are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lancashire newspapers online: