Ashton in Makerfield
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Ashton-in-Makerfield, town, par., and township, SW. Lancashire, 2½ miles NW. of Newton Bridge ry. sta. and 7 miles NW. of Warrington -- par., 8659 ac., pop. 15,687; township, 6250 ac., pop. 9824; P.O., T.O. Extensive collieries, cotton-mills, and potteries are here. The township has long been famous for the mfr. of hinges, locks, files, and nails.John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Wigan library.Bibliography
The following books contain useful information about the history of Ashton in Makerfield and the surrounding area.- Around Ashton-in-Makerfield, in the Archive Photograph series, compiled by Tony Ashcroft, published 1997 by Chalford Publishing Co ISBN 0 7524 0797X.
Cemeteries
- St Thomas, Warrington Rd, Church of England
- Holy Trinity, Rectory Rd, Church of England, Downall Green
- St Oswald, Liverpool Rd, Roman Catholic
- Our Lady Immaculate, Downall Green Rd, Roman Catholic, Bryn
- Park Lane Chapel, Wigan Road, Unitarian, Bryn
- Wesleyan Methodist
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Ashton in Makerfield.Church History
Church Records
- Wigan Rd, Baptist, Bryn
- Bryn Christian Fellowship, Downall Green Road, Christian Fellowship, Bryn
- St Thomas, Warrington Rd, Church of England
- St Peter, Bryn Rd, Church of England, Bryn
- Holy Trinity, Rectory Rd, Church of England, Downall Green
- Hilton St, Congregational
- Cave Browne, Heath Road, Evangelical
- Independent
- Downall Green Road, Independent Methodist, Bryn
- Queens Rd, Methodist
- Primitive Methodist
- Bolton Rd, Primitive Methodist, Bryn Gates
- St Oswald, Liverpool Rd, Roman Catholic
- Our Lady Immaculate, Downall Green Rd, Roman Catholic, Bryn
- Winstanley Rd, Society of Friends, Bryn
- Park Lane Chapel, Wigan Road, Unitarian, Bryn
- Bolton Rd, Welsh Congregational, Stubshaw Cross
- Hermon, Welsh Wesleyan Methodist
- Wesleyan Methodist
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