Adlington

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ADLINGTON, a township and a chapelry in Standish parish, Lancashire. The township lies on the Bolton and Preston railway, near the Leeds and Liverpool canal, 3½ miles SE of Chorley; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Chorley. Cotton manufacture is carried on; and coal mines were formerly worked, but are exhausted. Acres, 1,062. Real property, £4,324. Pop., 1,975. Houses, 369. The chapelry was constituted in 1842, and is more extensive than the township. Pop., 3,331. Houses, 630. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £150.* Patron, the Rector of Standish. The church was built in 1838, and is in the Norman style. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

Archives and libraries

Local studies information is held at Chorley library.

Cemeteries

Chapel St, Cemetery
Christ Church, Church St, Church of England
St Paul, Railway Road, Church of England

Census

Details about the census records, and indexes for Adlington.

Church Records

Christ Church, Church St, Church of England
St Paul, Railway Road, Church of England
St Philip's Protestant Mission, Mayfield Ave formerly Golborne St, Church of England
Railway Road, Congregational
Railway Road, Methodist
Park Rd, Primitive Methodist
Market St, Wesleyan Methodist

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Civil Registration

The Register Office covering the Adlington area is Chorley.

Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

In 1835 Adlington was a township in the parish of Standish.

Gazetteers

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Maps

View maps of Adlington and places within its boundaries.

A map of Adlington around 1845.

Probate Records

For probate purposes prior to 1858, Adlington 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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[Last updated: Wednesday, 03-Sep-2008 11:33:29 BST - Phil Stringer]