Great Sankey
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SANKEY (Great), a township and a chapelry in Prescot parish, Lancashire. The township lies on the Sankey canal, the Grand Junction railway, and the Warrington and Liverpool railway, 2½ miles W of Warrington; and has a station on the latter railway, and a post-office under Warrington, both of the name of Sankey-Bridges. Acres, 1,909. Real property, £3,842. Pop., 563. Houses, 108. The manor belongs to the Hon. L. Powys. Barrow Hall is the residence of J. A. Wright, Esq. railway viaducts here cross the S. canal; and that of the Grand Junction railway has 9 arches. The chapelry was originally conterminate with the township, but was greatly extended in 1865. Pop., 1,347. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £120.* Patron, the Hon. L. Powys. The church is an old brick building. There is a national school.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Warrington library.Cemeteries
- St Mary, Liverpool Rd, Church of England
Census
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Church Records
- St Mary, Liverpool Rd, Church of England
- St James, Canons Rd, Great Sankey, Church of England, Westbrook
- St Philip, Old Hall & Callands, Church of England, Westbrook
- Payne Close, Canons Rd, Latter Day Saints
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Civil Registration
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In 1835 Great Sankey was a township in the parish of Prescot.Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.