Tyldesley with Shakerley
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TYLDESLEY, a town, and a township-chapelry, in Leigh parish, Lancashire. The town stands on the Manchester and Wigan railway, at the intersection of the line from Kenyon to Bolton, 2½ miles ENE of Leigh; and has a post-office under Manchester, a r. station, several inns, a temperance and education hall, a church of 1825 with tower and spire, four dissenting chapels, national schools, and extensive cotton mills. Pop. in 1861, 3,950. Houses, 815. The chapelry includes Shackerley hamlet, and is called T.-with-Shackerley. Acres, 2,474. Real property, £21,620; of which £5,358 are in mines, and £45 in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 5,397; in 1861, 6,029. Houses, 1,254. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £180.* Patron, Lord Lilford.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Wigan library.Cemeteries
- Hough Lane, Cemetery
- St George, Elliott Street, Church of England
- The Square, Elliott St, Lady Huntingdons Connexion
- Lower Elliott St, Wesleyan Methodist
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Tyldesley with Shakerley.Church History
Church Records
- St John, Mosley Common Road, Church of England, Mosley Common
- St George, Elliott Street, Church of England
- High Street, Congregational
- Primrose St North, Independent Methodist
- The Square, Elliott St, Lady Huntingdons Connexion
- Shuttle St, New Jerusalem
- Top Chapel, The Square, Elliott St, Pentecostal
- City Rd, New Manchester, Primitive Methodist, Mosley Common
- Elliott Street, Primitive Methodist
- Shuttle St, Primitive Methodist
- Shuttle St, Welsh Baptist
- Milk St, Welsh Presbyterian
- Lower Elliott St, Wesleyan Methodist
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Tyldesley with Shakerley area is Wigan and Leigh.Description and Travel
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In 1835 Tyldesley with Shakerley was a township in the parish of Leigh.Maps
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Poor Houses, Poor law etc.
Poor Law records held at Wigan Archives.Probate Records
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Tyldesley with Shakerley 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
Tyldesley and District Historical Society.
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