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Pennington

PENNINGTON, a township, in the parish and union of Leigh, hundred of West Derby, S. division of Lancashire; containing 3833 inhabitants. This place gave name to a family who were probably under the barons of Warrington, the original lords of the manor; the property subsequently came into the possession of the Bradshaws, of Aspull. Richard Bradshaw, living in 1683, left issue John Bradshaw, whose daughter and sole heiress, Margaret, married into the Faryngton family, by whom the manorial rights were sold to the Athertons: Lord Lilford is the present lord. The township includes part of the market-town of Leigh (which see), and comprises 1395 acres, whereof 300 are arable, 1085 meadowland, and 10 wood. The surface is level, the soil generally fertile, and the scenery tolerably pleasing: a brook, and a rich belt of alluvial soil, run through the middle of the township. The road from Leigh to Newton-in-Makerfield passes through; and facility of communication is also afforded by the Leigh and Kenyon railway, and the Duke of Bridgewater's canal. The population is chiefly employed in the hand-loom weaving of silk. Pennington Hall is the residence of James Pownall, Esq.; and Fairfield, that of William Hayes, Esq. There are places of worship for Independents, and Primitive and other Methodists.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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