Alkrington, Lancashire
Historical Description
Alkrington, a township and a parish in Lancashire, 1 mile W of Middleton Junction railway station, and 4½ miles N by E of Manchester, forming part of the ecclesiastical district of Tonge-cum-Alkrington. Acreage, 798; population, 446. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the neighbouring cotton factories.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lancashire | |
Civil parish | Oldham Cum Prestwich | |
Hundred | Salford | |
Poor Law union | Oldham |
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.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Alkrington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Alkrington)
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: