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WITHNELL, a township and a chapelry in Leyland parish, Lancashire. The township lies 2¾ miles SSW of Pleasington r. station, and 5 SW of Blackburn; includes Brinscall and Abbey-Mill villages, and two hamlets; and has a post-office under Chorley. Acres, 3,557. Real property, £6,819; of which £100 are in quarries. Pop., 2,059. Houses, 365. The manor belongs to J. Park, Esq. Ollerton Hall is the seat of W. P. Park, Esq.; and W. Fold, of T. B. Park, Esq. There are cotton mills, calico-printing-works, bleaching mills, a paper mill, and mineral springs. The chapelry was constituted in 1842. Pop., 2,160. Houses, 383. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £141. Patron, the Vicar of Leyland. There are two Wesleyan chapels, two national schools, and charities £5.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Chorley library.Cemeteries
- St Paul, Bury Lane, Church of England
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Withnell.Church History
Hillside Methodist church, Brinscall.Church Records
- St Luke, Butterworth Brow, Church of England, Brinscall
- St Paul, Bury Lane, Church of England
- Free Methodist, Abbey Village
- St Joseph, Bury Lane, Roman Catholic
- School Lane, United Methodist Free Church, Brinscall
- School Lane, Wesleyan Methodist, Brinscall
- Withnell Fold, Wesleyan Methodist
- Bury Lane, Wesleyan Methodist, Withnell Mill
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