Shakerley

"SHAKERLEY, a hamlet in the township of Tyldesley-cum-Shakerley, parish of Leigh, West Derby hundred, county Lancaster, 10 miles N.W. of Manchester, its post town, and 2½ N.E. of Leigh. It is situated on the high road from Leigh to Manchester. The town comprises two or three good streets. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in cotton-spinning and weaving, and others in the collieries. The soil is of a clayey nature. Above half the land is in pasture, and the remainder arable, meadow, and woodland. In 1827 the township was separated from Leigh, and erected into a distinct parish, as regards ecclesiastical affairs. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Manchester, value £135. The church, dedicated to St. George, has a spired tower containing a clock and six bells. It was erected by the Church Building Commissioners in 1825, and was designed by Smirke. There is a National School for both sexes, in which a Sunday-school is held. The Wesleyans and Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion have each a place of worship. G. Ormerod, Esq., is lord of Tyldesley manor."