Stand or Whitefield, Lancashire
Historical Description
Stand or Whitefield, an ecclesiastical parish, with a village, in Pilkington township, Prestwich parish, Lancashire, 1½ mile SE of Radcliffe railway station, and 5½ miles NNW of Manchester. It is governed by a district council, was constituted in 1826, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office of the name of Whitefield under Manchester. Population, 6101. There are many good residences. Cotton manufacture, and employments akin to it, are largely carried on. The living of All Saints is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester; gross value, £418 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Wilton. The church was built in 1826 at a cost of £15,000, is in the Pointed style, consists of chancel, nave, aisles, and a pinnacled tower 186 feet high. Another ecclesiastical parish, called Stand Lane, was constituted in 1866. Population, 4680. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester; gross value, £240. There are Congregational, Unitarian, Wesleyan, and New Jerusalem chapels, an endowed grammar school, and a park and recreation grounds presented to the parish in 1890.
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 | Prestwich | |
Hundred | Salford |
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Church Records
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Directories & Gazetteers
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Land and Property
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