Knowsley, Lancashire
Historical Description
Knowsley, a township and a parish in Lancashire, 2½ miles N by W of Hnyton railway station, and 3 NW by W of Prescot. There is a post and money order office under Prescot; telegraph office, Prescot. Acreage, 5058; population, 1150. The property all belongs to the Earl of Derby.
Knowsley Hall is the Earl's seat, has been enlarged from time to time, includes portions of the period of Henry VII., was fully restored by the tenth earl before 1735, presents imposing fronts surmounted by towers, contains many family portraits and a large and valuable collection of paintings by old and modern masters, and was visited in November, 1865, by the Prince and Princess of Wales. The grounds around it comprise upwards of 2000 acres, are enclosed by a stone wall upwards of 8 feet high, pierced by thirteen entrances, and contain tasteful gardens, many ancient oaks, and ornamental waters nearly a mile long. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Liverpool; gross value, £300. Patron, the Earl of Derby. The church is modern, cruciform, and handsome, and has a W broach spire.
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 | Huyton | |
Hundred | West Derby | |
Poor Law union | Prescot |
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 Knowsley from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Knowsley 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: