North Meols
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MEOLS (NORTH), a village, a township, a sub-district, and a parish in Ormskirk district, Lancashire. The village stands on a rivulet, 1 mile from the coast, and 2½ NE of Southport r. station; bears the name of Churchtown; and has a post office of that name under Southport, and a fair on the Monday and Tuesday after 20 Aug.-The township contains also the town of Southport, and the hamlets of Southaws, Hawside, Little London, Higher Blowick, Lower Blowick, Rowe-Lane, Marshside, Crossens, and Banks. Acres, 18,871; of which 10,805 are foreshore-water. Real property, £48,226. Pop. in 1851, 8,694; in 1861, 14,661. Houses, 2,585. The increase of pop. was chiefly in Southport; and arose, there and elsewhere, principally from house-building for mercantile men, and from the establishing of boarding-schools. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Rev. Charles Hesketh and the Trustees of the late Scarisbrick, Esq. North Meols Hall was formerly the seat of the Heskeths, and is now a farm-house. Hand-loom silk weaving is a principal employment. The sub-district is conterminate with the township. The parish contains also the township of Birkdale; and comprises 10,301 acres of land, and 14,240 acres of water. Real property, £53,178. Pop. in 1851, 9,319; in 1861, 15,947. Houses, 2,822. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Valne, £844. Patron, the Rev.Hesketh. The church stands at Churchtown; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and spire; and contains monuments to the Heskeths and the Fleetwoods. Three vicarages of Southport, and those of Crossens, Banks, and Birkdale are separate benefices. Chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £22 are in North Meols ecclesiastical section; and ten dissenting chapels, a Roman Catholic chapel, and three national schools are in Southport.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Ormskirk library.Cemeteries
- St Stephen in the Banks, Church Road, Church of England, Banks
- St John, Rufford Rd, Church of England, Crossens
- St Cuthbert, Botanic Rd, Church of England
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for North Meols.Church History
Church Records
- St Stephen in the Banks, Church Road, Church of England, Banks
- St John, Rufford Rd, Church of England, Crossens
- St Cuthbert, Botanic Rd, Church of England
- Botanic Rd, Independent, Churchtown
- Chapel Lane, Primitive Methodist, Banks
- Rufford Rd, Primitive Methodist, Crossens
- Rufford Rd, United Methodist Free Church, Crossens
- Norwood Rd, Wesleyan Methodist, Blowick
- Cambridge Rd, Wesleyan Methodist, Churchtown
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the North Meols area is Sefton North.Gazetteers
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In 1835 the parish of North Meols contained the townships of North Meols and Birkdale.Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.