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Hale, Lancashire

Historical Description

Hale, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Childwall parish, Lancashire. The village stands on the Mersey 1 mile from Hale Bank railway station, and 10 miles SE by E of Liverpool; is a picturesque and pleasant place; much frequented by pleasure parties from Liverpool, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Liverpool. The township comprises 2612 acres of land and 961 of water; population, 518. The manor belonged in the time of William the Conqueror to John de Ireland, and has descended from him to the Blackbume family, who are lords of the manor and sole landowners. Hale Hall was built in 1674 by Sir Gilbert Ireland; has a modern front, and commands a fine view of the Mersey. A decoy pool for catching wild fowl is about a quarter of a mile from the village. The ecclesiastical parish is more extensive than the township. Population, 1991. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Liverpool; gross value, £188. The church is a plain building with aisles, porch, and tower. John Middleton, known as " the child of Hale," who was 9 feet 3 inches high, was born here in 1578, and died and was buried here in 1623.

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 parishChildwall 
HundredWest Derby 
Poor Law unionPrescot 

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 Hale from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Hale 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:

DistrictTrafford
CountyTrafford
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtWA15
Post TownAltrincham

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