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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.

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 parishOldham Cum Prestwich 
HundredSalford 
Poor Law unionOldham 

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:


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: