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Samlesbury, Lancashire

Historical Description

Samlesbury, a township-chapelry in Blackburn parish, Lancashire, on the river Ribble, 2 miles ESE of Fulwood railway station, and 3½ E by N of Preston. It contains part of Mellor Brook hamlet, which has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Blackburn, and Roach hamlet. There are paper mills. Acreage, including Roach Bridge, 4304 of land and 75 of water; population, 816. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. Samlesbury Hall, a timbered mansion in the Tudor style, is the property of the Harrison family, was restored in 1530 by Sir T. Southworth; was moated till the formation of the road from Preston to Blackburn; contains a great hall, constructed of massive and elegantly carved oak timbers; and was restored and finely embellished in 1864. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Manchester; gross value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Blackburn. The foundation of the church dates from 1196. The building is in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, N and S porches, and bell-turret. It was thoroughly restored in 1885, and contains a chained Bible dated 1608. There is also a font, similar to one in the chapel of Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, both being very old. There are a Roman Catholic chapel and several charities.

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 parishBlackburn 
HundredBlackburn 
Poor Law unionPreston 

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 Samlesbury from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lancashire newspapers online:

DistrictSouth Ribble
CountyLancashire
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtPR5
Post TownPreston

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