Shevington
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SHEVINGTON, a township in Standish parish, Lancashire; on the river Douglas and the Leeds and Liverpool canal, 1 mile NE of Gathurst r. station, and 4 NW of Wigan. Acres, 1,706. Real property, £7,742; of which £3,500 are in mines, and £330 in railways. Pop. in 1851, 1,147; in 1861, 1,615. Houses, 262. The increase of pop. arose from the working of new coal mines. S. Hall is the residence of J. Tayleur, Esq. There are a free school and a national school.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Chorley, Ormskirk and Skelmersdale libraries.Cemeteries
- St Anne, Church Lane, Church of England
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Shevington.Church History
Church Records
- St Anne, Church Lane, Church of England
- Gathurst Lane, Methodist
- Crooke Rd, Primitive Methodist, Crooke
- Shevington Moor, Primitive Methodist, Shevington Moor
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