Kirkby
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KIRKBY, a township-chapelry in Walton-on-the-Hill parish, Lancashire; on the Liverpool and Bury railway, 7½ miles NNE of Liverpool. It has a station with telegraph on the railway, and a post office under Prescot. Acres, 3,920. Real property, £7,421. Pop., 1,415. Houses, 245. The manor, with most of the land, belongs to the Earl of Sefton; and has belonged to his family since the time of William II. An extensive tract, called Kirkby Moss, lies in the E, and extends beyond the chapelry toward Windle. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £250.* Patron, the Earl of Sefton. The church was rebuilt in 1766, and contains a Norman font. There are a national school, and charities £13.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Knowsley library.Cemeteries
- St Chad, Old Hall Lane, Church of England
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Kirkby.Church History
Church Records
- Bewley Drive, Baptist
- Westvale, Brethren
- Old Rough Lane, Christian Fellowship
- St Chad, Old Hall Lane, Church of England
- St Mark, Brook Hey Drive, Church of England
- St Mark, Brook Hey Drive, Church of England, Northwood
- St Martin, Peatwood Avenue, Church of England, Southdene
- St Andrew, Highfield, Church of England, Tower Hill
- Broad Lane, Lifegate
- Southdene, Broad Lane, Methodist
- All Saints, Roman Catholic
- Holy Angels, Sidney Powell Avenue, Roman Catholic
- Ss Peter and Paul, Apostles Way, Roman Catholic
- St Joseph the Worker, Bewley Drive, Roman Catholic
- St Laurence, Lydbury Crescent, Roman Catholic
- St Marie, Kennelwood Avenue, Roman Catholic
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Kirkby area is Knowsley.Description and Travel
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In 1835 Kirkby was a township in the parish of Walton on the Hill.Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.
History
Some information about the history of Kirkby.Maps
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Probate Records
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Kirkby 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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