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KENYON, a township in Winwick parish, Lancashire; on the Liverpool and Manchester railway, at the junction of the Bolton and Leigh railway, 2½ miles E by N of Newton-in-Mackerfield. It has a station at the r. junction, and a post office under Manchester: and it gives the title of baron to the family of Kenyon. Acres, 1,597. Real property, £2,419. Pop., 274. Houses, 55. Bricks are made.

John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

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Civil Registration

The Register Office covering the Kenyon area is Wigan & Leigh.

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Gazetteers

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"KENYON, a township in the parish of Winwick, hundred of West Derby, county Lancaster, 9 miles N. of Warrington, and 2 S.E. of Newton-in-Mackerfield. It is a station on the Manchester and Liverpool railway, which here effects a junction with the Bolton and Leigh and the Kenyon and Leigh lines. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the manufacture of bricks. It gives the title of baron to Lord Kenyon, of Peel Hall."

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Historical Geography

In 1835 Kenyon was a township in the parish of Winwick.

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Probate Records

For probate purposes prior to 1858, Kenyon 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.

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