Heapey
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HEAPEY, a township-chapelry in Leyland parish, Lancashire; adjacent to the Leeds and Liverpool canal, 2 miles NE of Chorley r. station. Post town, Chorley. Acres, 1,456. Real property, £2,267. Pop. in 1851, 495; in 1861, 396. Houses, 81. The decrease of pop. was caused by want of employment. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to W. S. Cari., Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £150. * Patron, the Vicar of Leyland. The church was built in 1750, and improved in 1829; and was intended in 1865 to be enlarged. 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 Chorley library.Cemeteries
- St Barnabas, Chapel Lane, Church of England
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Heapey.Church History
Church Records
- St Barnabas, Chapel Lane, Church of England
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Heapey area is Chorley.Description and Travel
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In 1835 Heapey was a township in the parish of Leyland.Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.
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Probate Records
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Heapey 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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