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LEYLAND, a village, a township, a sub-district, a parish, and a hundred, in Lancashire. The village stands near the river Lostock, ¾ of a mile W of the Northwestern railway, and 5\u00bd S of Preston; is a seat of petty sessions; and has a post office under Preston, and a station on the railway. Fairs are held on 24 March and 26 Oct.; and an agricultural and horticultural meeting is held in Sept. The township comprises 3,651 acres. Real property, £13,658. Pop., 3,755. Houses, 748. The manor belonged, in the time of Edward the Confessor, to the Crown; had then a royal hall and court of justice; and, with Worden Hall, belongs now to the Misses Farmington. Worden Hall stands about ½ a mile S of the village, in a park of more than 300 acres; and is approached through a handsome modern arch-way adjacent to the village. Golden-Hill House is the seat of T. M. Shuttleworth, Esq.; Wellfield is the seat of John Eccles, Esq.; and the Old Hall is a Tudor mansion, now converted into a farm-house. Many of the inhabitants are employed in cotton mills.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) more ...
Archives and libraries
Leyland Library,Lancastergate,
Leyland
PR5 1EX
Tel: 01772 432804
Fax: 01772 456549
Cemeteries
- St Andrew, Church Road, Church of England
- St James, Slater Lane, Church of England
- St Mary, Broadfield Drive, Roman Catholic
- St Mary, Towngate, Roman Catholic
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Leyland.Church History
- The Methodist church.
- St Andrew.
Church Records
- Leyland Lane, Baptist
- St Ambrose, Moss Lane, Church of England
- St Andrew, Church Road, Church of England
- St James, Slater Lane, Church of England
- St John, Leyland Lane, Church of England
- Quin St, Congregational
- Ebenezer, Towngate, Congregational
- Kingdom Hall, Oak View, Jehovah's Witness
- Leyland Lane, Orthodox Church of the Holy Apostles
- Broad St, Pentecostal Fellowship
- Leyland Lane, Primitive Methodist
- St Mary, Broadfield Drive, Roman Catholic
- St Mary, Towngate, Roman Catholic
- Turpin Green Lane, Wesleyan Methodist
- Longmeanygate, Wesleyan Methodist, Midge Hall
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Leyland area is Preston & South Ribble.Gazetteers
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In 1835 the parish of Leyland contained the townships of Leyland, Clayton le Woods, Whittle le Woods, Heapey, Wheelton, Withnell, Hoghton and Euxton.Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.
