Culcheth
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CULCHETH, a township and a sub-district in Leigh district, Lancashire. The township is in Newchurch-Kenyon parish; lies on the Liverpool and Manchester railway, 3 miles S of Leigh; and has a church, Methodist chapels, an endowed school for boys and girls, and charities £49. Acres, 5,361. Real property, £10,339. Pop., 2,214. Houses, 444. Culcheth Hall is the seat of the Withingtons. The sub-district includes also two townships of Leigh parish. Acres, 10,427. Pop., 10,881. Houses, 2,204.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Cemeteries
- Cross Lane, Presbyterian, Risley
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Culcheth.Church History
Church Records
- Church of the Transfiguration, The Mount, Admirals Road, Church of England, Birchwood
- Warrington Rd, Independent Methodist, Risley
- Risley Independent Methodist, Fearnhead Lane, Independent Methodist, Risley
- Hob Hey Lane, Independent Methodist, Twiss Green
- Ellesmere Rd, Methodist
- Thomas Risley Church, Glover Road, Presbyterian, Locking Stumps
- Cross Lane, Presbyterian, Risley
- Primitive Methodist, Risley
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Culcheth area is Wigan and Leigh.Description and Travel
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Gazetteers
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In 1835 Culcheth was a township in the parish of Winwick.History
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Poor Houses, Poor law etc.
Poor Law records held at Wigan Archives.Probate Records
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Culcheth 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
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