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Lathom, township and local government district, Ormskirk par., N. Lancashire, on river Donglas and Leeds and Liverpool Canal, 4 miles NE. of Ormskirk, 8694 ac., pop. 4161. Lathom House, seat of Lord Skelmersdale, occupies the site of the ancient house of Lathom, defended by the Countess of Derby against the Parliamentary forces.John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Ormskirk and Skelmersdale libraries.Cemeteries
- St John, Church of England
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Lathom.Church History
Church Records
- St John, Church of England
- Christ Church, Ash Brow, Church of England, Newburgh
- St James, Vicarage Lane, Church of England, Westhead
- St John The Evangelist, Chapel Lane, Roman Catholic
- Hoscar Moss Road, Wesleyan Methodist, Hoscar Moss
- Moss Lane, Wesleyan Methodist
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Lathom area is West Lancashire.Gazetteers
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In 1835 Lathom was a township in the parish of Ormskirk.Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.