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Whittle le Woods, Lancashire

Historical Description

Whittle-le-Woods, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish, in Leyland parish, Lancashire. The village stands 2 miles E by S of Leyland station on a branch of the L. & N.W.R., and 6 SSE of Preston, is a scattered place, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Chorley, several stone quarries, and a large brewery. The township comprises 1355 acres; population, 2120. Shaw Hill is the seat of the Crosse family. Medicinal springs were discovered in 1845; they arise from coal-borings at a depth of 265 feet. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1830. Population, 2662. The living is a vicarage, with Clayton-le-Woods annexed, in the diocese of Manchester; net value, £240 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Leyland. The church is a handsome building, built in 1830 and rebuilt in 1882. It is in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, N transept, S porch, and tower. There are a Wesleylan and two Roman Catholic chapels.

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 parishLeyland 
HundredLeyland 
Poor Law unionChorley 

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

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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

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