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Great Heaton, Lancashire

Historical Description

Heaton, Great, a township in Prestwich parish, Lancashire, on the river Irk, 4 miles N by W of Manchester, 2 from Middleton station, and about 188 from London. It was anciently known as Heaton Reddish, and it includes the hamlet of Lands End. Post town and telegraph office, Middleton; money order office, Rhodes. Acreage, 875; population, 397. The manor belonged to the Langleys, and passed to the Red-dishes, the Cokes, and the Drinkwaters. Most of the land, with Heaton House, belongs now to the Earl of Wilton, who is lord of the manor. Heaton House is a splendid mansion in the Ionic style, and stands in a well-wooded park about 5 miles in circuit.

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 parishPrestwich 
HundredSalford 
Poor Law unionManchester 

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 Great Heaton 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: