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CULCHETH, a township and a sub-district in Leigh district, Lancashire. The township is in Newchurch-Kenyon parish; lies on the Liverpool and Manchester railway, 3 miles S of Leigh; and has a church, Methodist chapels, an endowed school for boys and girls, and charities £49. Acres, 5,361. Real property, £10,339. Pop., 2,214. Houses, 444. Culcheth Hall is the seat of the Withingtons. The sub-district includes also two townships of Leigh parish. Acres, 10,427. Pop., 10,881. Houses, 2,204.
John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
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| Cross Lane, Risley, Presbyterian |
Details about the census records, and indexes for Culcheth.
| Church Lane, Newchurch in Culcheth, Church of England |
| Church of the Transfiguration, Birchwood, Church of England |
| Ellesmere Rd, Methodist, Culcheth |
| Fearnhead Lane Independent Methodist, Risley |
| Hob Hey Lane Independent Methodist, Twiss Green |
| Risley, Primitive Methodist |
| Cross Lane, Risley, Presbyterian |
| Thomas Risley Church, Locking Stumps, Presbyterian |
The Register Office covering the Culcheth area is Wigan and Leigh.
Information from Culcheth Village Online.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"CULCHETH, (or Newchurch) a township in the parish of Winwick, in the county of Lancaster, 3 miles S. of Leigh. The village, which is large, contains the Union poorhouse. The charities produce about £50 a year.
"NEWCHURCH, (or Newchurch Kenyon), a chapelry and township in the parish of Winwick, hundred of West Derby, county Lancaster, 3 miles S. of Leigh, 6 E. by S. of Newton-in-Makerfield, and 5 N. of Warrington. It is situated near the Sankey canal and the line of the North-Western railway. The inhabitants are partly engaged in the cotton-mills and in the manufacture of hardware. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £169. The living is a rectory with the curacy of Bury Lane annexed, in the diocese of Chester, value £180. The church is a modern edifice containing 365 free sittings.
"RISLEY, a moss in the hundred of West Derby, county Lancaster, 4 miles N.E. of Warrington, and 18 E. of Liverpool. It is situated in the valley of the river Mersey, near the Sankey and Bridgwater canals."
"BURY LANE, a hamlet in the township of Culcheth, or Newchurch, and parish of Winwick, hundred of West Derby, in the county palatine of Lancaster, 3 miles to the S. of Leigh. It gives name to a station on the Liverpool and Manchester railway. The living is a perpetual curacy annexed to the rectory of Newchurch Kenyon, in the diocese of Chester."
John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales - 1870-2
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In 1835 Culcheth was a township in the parish of Winwick.
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For probate purposes prior to 1858, Culcheth was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Chester are held at the Lancashire Record Office.
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