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.
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 | Prestwich | |
Hundred | Salford | |
Poor Law union | Manchester |
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:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Heaton, Great)
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: