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Anderton

Archives & Libraries
Cemeteries
Census
Churches
Civil Registration
Description & Travel

Click on map to view parish boundaries in detail.

Gazetteers
Historical Geography
Maps
Probate Records
Societies

ANDERTON, a township in Standish parish, Lancashire; under Rivington Pike, near the Bolton railway and the Manchester and Leeds canal, 3¼ miles SE of Chorley. Acres, 1,175. Real property, £2,241. Pop., 243. Houses, 47.

John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

Archives and Libraries

Local studies information is held at Chorley library.

Cemeteries

St Joseph, Bolton Rd, Roman Catholic

Census

Details about the census records, and indexes for Anderton.

Churches

St Joseph, Bolton Rd, Roman Catholic

You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Anderton area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database. This will also help identify other churches in nearby townships and/or parishes. You also have the option to see the location of the churches marked on a map.

Civil Registration

The Register Office covering the Anderton area is Chorley.

Description and Travel

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

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

You can see the administrative areas in which Anderton has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.

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Maps

View maps of Anderton and places within its boundaries.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SD611134 (Lat/Lon: 53.615688, -2.589518), Anderton which are provided by:

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Google Streetview
StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps.)
Open StreetMap
Bing (was Multimap)
OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
Elgin Road Works
Mario (Lancashire Council maps, less than historic county)
GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
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Probate Records

For probate purposes prior to 1858, Anderton 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.

Societies

You can also see Family History Societies covering the nearby area, plotted on a map. This facility is being developed, and is awaiting societies to enter information about the places they cover.