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Croston, Lancashire

Historical Description

Croston, a village, a township, and a parish in Lancashire. The village stands on the river Yarrow, and has a station on the L. & Y.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Preston. It was once a market-town. The township comprises 2361 acres; population, 2034. The parish includes the townships of Ulnes Walton, Bretherton, and Mawdesley-with-Bispham, and the hamlet of Hanging Bridge. Croston Hall is the seat of the De Trafford family. Several adjacent parishes were formerly parts of this. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester; gross value, £1093 with residence. The church is ancient and good. There are Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, and Roman Catholic-chapels.

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 
Ecclesiastical parishCroston St. Michael 
HundredLeyland 
Poor Law unionChorley 

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


Church Records

The Registers of Croston 1538-1727 pt1, are available to browse online.

The Registers of Croston 1538-1727 pt2, are available to browse online.

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 Croston from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Croston 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:

DistrictChorley
CountyLancashire
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtPR26
Post TownLeyland

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