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Witton, Lancashire

Historical Description

Witton, a township, mostly within the county borough of Blackburn, and an ecclesiastical parish in Blackburn civil parish, Lancashire. The township lies half a mile N of Cherry Tree station on the L. & Y.R., and 1½ mile W by S of Blackburn, and contains large cotton mills. It has a post and money order office (T.S.O.) under Blackburn; telegraph office, Blackburn. Acreage, 700; population, 5210. By the Blackburn Corporation Act of 1892 the part of the township within the borough became an integral part of the civil parish of Blackburn. The manor, with Witton Hall, belongs to the Feilden family. Billinge Hill rises to an altitude of 807 feet, and commands a very extensive view. The ecclesiastical parish extends beyond the township, and was constituted in 1842. Population, 4707. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester; gross value, £354 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Blackburn. The church was built in 1837, and is in the Norman style, and consists of chancel, nave, S transept and E tower with spire.

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 unionBlackburn 

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 Witton from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Witton 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:

CountyBlackburn with Darwen
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtBB2
Post TownBlackburn

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