Skelmersdale
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SKELMERSDALE, a village and a township-chapelry in Ormskirk parish, Lancashire. The village stands in the E neighbourhood of Blaguegate r. station, and 4½ miles ESE of Ormskirk; and gives the title of Baron to the family of Bootle-Wilbraham. The chapelry contains also Blaguegate village, which has a post-office under Ormskirk. Acres, 1,920. Real property, £5,253; of which £1,000 are in mines, and £19 in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 760; in 1861, 1,028. Houses, 196. Pop. in 1868, above 3,000. The manor belongs to Lord Skelmersdale. S. Hall is the seat of R. Thomas, Esq. Coal is worked, and bricks are made. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £175.* Patron, the Vicar of Ormskirk. The church was built in 1796, and enlarged in 1823. There are two Wesleyan chapels, one of them built in 1866, a recently erected Roman Catholic chapel, an endowed school with £51 a year, and charities £37.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Central Library,Southway,
Skelmersdale
WN8 6NL
Tel: 01695 720312
Fax: 01695 558627
Cemeteries
- Liverpool Rd, Cemetery
- St Paul, Church Road, Church of England
- St Richard, Kerfoot's Lane, Roman Catholic
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Skelmersdale.Church History
Church Records
- St Paul, Church Road, Church of England
- Emmanuel, Sherrat Street, Church of the Nazarene
- Witham Rd, Congregational
- The Church at the Centre, Northway, Ecumenical Centre
- Bethel, School Lane, Independant Methodist
- High St, Primitive Methodist
- St Edmund, Church Road, Roman Catholic
- St Mary Queen of Apostles, Ashurst Road, Maryvale, Roman Catholic
- St Richard, Kerfoot's Lane, Roman Catholic
- Clayton Street, Welsh Chapel
- Knowle Brow, Wesleyan Methodist
- Berry St, Wesleyan Methodist, Stormy Corner
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Skelmersdale area is West Lancashire.Description and Travel
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In 1835 Skelmersdale was a township in the parish of Ormskirk.Maps
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Probate Records
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Skelmersdale 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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