Medla with Wesham, Lancashire
Historical Description
Medlar-with-Wesham, a township in Kirkham parish, Lancashire, 1 mile N of Kirkham. Kirkham station, on the Preston and Wyre Joint railway, is in this township, and there is a post, money order, and telegraph office at Wesham, under Preston. Acreage, 1966; population, 1563. The parish of Kirkham comprehends the two townships of Kirkham (under a local board) and Medlar-with-Wesham, in which there is a parish council. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in cotton mills. Mowbrick Hall, a fine edifice of red brick, castellated with stone, is the chief residence. A chapel of ease to the parish church, called Christ Church, was erected in 1894. A large school, used as a lecture-hall, was built at Wesham in 1864. There is a Roman Catholic church.
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 | Kirkham | |
| Hundred | Amounderness | |
| Poor Law union | the Fylde |
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 Medla with Wesham from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Medlar, with Wesham)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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