Parbold
|
|
|
|
PARBOLD, a township in Eccleston parish, Lancashire; near the Leeds and Liverpool canal, 5½ miles N W by W of Wigan. It has a post-office under Ormskirk; and it contains the church of Douglas chapelry. Acres, 1,165. Real property, £3,031; of which £420 are in quarries. Pop., 474. Houses, 92. Parbold Hall is the seat of Mrs. Twining. Parbold hill commands good views to the Isle of Man, and to the mountains of Wales and Cumberland.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Ormskirk and Skelmersdale libraries.Cemeteries
- Christ Church, Parbold Hill, Church of England, Douglas in Parbold
- Our Lady and All Saints, Lancaster Lane, Roman Catholic
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Parbold.Church History
Church Records
- Christ Church, Parbold Hill, Church of England, Douglas in Parbold
- Our Lady and All Saints, Lancaster Lane, Roman Catholic
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Parbold area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database. This will also help identify churches in nearby townships and/or parishes. You also have the option to see the location of the churches marked on a map.
If you keep this page loaded for a very long time and the database is updated since loading it, the church links above may become stale and may display the wrong church. If this happens, reloading this page will correct them.
