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Parkfield, Lancashire

Historical Description

Parkfield, an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1863 from Middleton parish, Lancashire. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Middleton. Population, 3941. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester; net value, £234 with residence. Patron, the Rector of Middleton. The church is a building in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, S porch, and a bell-turret.

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

Church Records

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


Land and Property

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


Newspapers and Periodicals

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