Newchurch or Newchurch Kenyon, Lancashire
Historical Description
Newchurch or Newchurch Kenyon, a village and a parish in Lancashire. The village stands near Kenyon Junction railway station, 3½ miles S of Leigh, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Warrington. The parish consists of the townships of Kenyon and Culcheth, contains the hamlets of Risley, Twiss Green, Wigshaw, and Holcroft, and was formerly a chapelry of Winwick parish. Population of the ecclesiastical parish, 1827. The manor of Culcheth, with Culcheth Hall, belongs to the Withington family. The Earl of Wilton is lord of the manor of Kenyon. The cotton manufacture is carried on, and bricks and tiles are made. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Liverpool; net value, £239 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Derby. The church is old, and was restored in 1877; comprises nave, aisles, chancel, S porch, and western tower; and contains some brasses. There are Presbyterian and Primitive Methodist chapels and some charities.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lancashire | |
Hundred | West Derby | |
Poor Law union | Leigh |
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.
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 Newchurch or Newchurch Kenyon from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Newchurch)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Newchurch or Newchurch Kenyon are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lancashire newspapers online: