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Penwortham  Lancashire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Penwortham like this:

PENWORTHAM, a village, a township, and a parish, in Preston district, Lancashire. The village stands on the river Ribble, near the Northwestern railway, 1½ mile S W of Preston; and has a post-office under Preston. The township contains also the village of Middleforth-Green, and the hamlet of Charnock-Moss; and comprises 2, 277 acres. ...


Real property, £7, 221; of which £30 are in fisheries. Pop. in 1851, 1, 487; in 1861, 1, 506. Houses, 271. P. Priory, P. Hall, P. House, the Oaks, Hurst Grange, White Friars, and Swallow House are chief residences. An ancient castlestood here, to guard the navigation of the Ribble; but was long ago erased. A Benedictine priory, a cell to Evesham abbey, was founded here, in the time of the Conqueror, by Warine Bussel; was given, at the dissolution, to the Fleetwoods; and has left no remains. The parish contains also the townships of Howick, Hutton, Longton, and Farington. Acres, 11, 317; of which1, 450 are water. Real property, £26, 169. Pop. in 1851, 5, 722; in 1861, 5, 488. Houses, 996. The property is subdivided. Bricks and tiles are made in Howick; and brewing and malting are carried on in Longton. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £125.* Patron, L. Rawstorne, Esq. The church is of the 14th century; was partly rebuilt, partly enlarged, in 1856; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and low tower; and contains handsome monuments of the Fleetwoods and the Rawstornes. The p. curacies of Longton and Farington are separate benefices. A chapel of ease, a Wesleyan chapel, a workhouse for female children, an endowed grammar school, and charities £70 are in P. township; and dissenting chapels and public schools are in the other townships.

Penwortham through time

Penwortham is now part of South Ribble district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Ribble has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Penwortham itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Penwortham, in South Ribble and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10753

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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