Huyton with Roby
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HUYTON, a village, a township, a parish, and a subdistrict, in Prescot district, Lancashire. The village stands near the Manchester and Liverpool railway, 5½ miles E of Liverpool; contains, with its neighbourhood, many good houses; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Liverpool. The township comprises 1,630 acres. Real property, £10,593; of which £369 are in quarries. Pop. m 1851, 1,295; in 1861, 1,612. Houses, 283. The parish contains also the townships of Knowsley, Roby, and Tarbock. Acres, 9,807. Real property, £32,942; of which £1,367 are in mines, and £699 in quarries. Pop. in 1861, 4,054. Houses, 724. Much of the land, with Knowsley Hall, belongs to the Earl of Derby. Tarbock is the property of the Earl of Sefton. The Hazels is the seat of Sir Thomas B. Berch, Bart. Stone is quarried; and about 200 acres are peat moss. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester value, £690.* Patron, the Earl of Derby. The church is ancient; was recently restored; and has two good memorial windows, and an ancient carved oak screen. The p. curacies of Knowsley and Roby are separate benefices. There are chapels for Independents and Roman Catholics, national schools for Huyton and Knowsley, and charities £40. The Independent chapel is a recent and handsome edifice, in the pointed style. The subdistrict contains also Thingwall hamlet. Pop., 4,094. Houses, 732.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Knowsley library.Cemeteries
- St Michael, Huyton Lane, Church of England
- St Bartholemew, Church Road, Church of England, Roby
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Huyton with Roby.Church History
Church Records
- Page Moss Lane, Baptist
- St George, Primrose Drive, Church of England
- St Michael, Huyton Lane, Church of England
- St Gabriel, Hall Lane, Church of England, Huyton Quarry
- Trinity, Church of England, Page Moss
- St Bartholemew, Church Road, Church of England, Roby
- Congregational
- Pinnington Place, Congregational
- Seel Road, Congregational
- Park Hall, Huyton Hey Rd, Congregational
- Bethany, Dinas Lane, Gospel Hall
- Court Hey, Roby Road, Methodist
- Court Hey, Roby Road, Methodist
- Trinity, Methodist, Page Moss
- St Dominic, Southdean Rd, Roman Catholic
- St Agnes, Hey Road, Roman Catholic, Huyton Quarry
- St Aloysius, Twig Lane, Roman Catholic, Roby
- Welsh Calvinist Methodist
- Wood Lane, Welsh Calvinist Methodist, Huyton Quarry
- Park Hall, Huyton Hey Rd, Wesleyan Methodist
- Seel Road, Wesleyan Methodist, Huyton Quarry
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Civil Registration
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In 1835 the parish of Huyton contained the townships of Huyton with Roby, Croxteth Park, Knowsley and Tarbock.Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.