Pemberton
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PEMBERTON, a village, a township, a chapelry, and a sub-district, in Wigan parish and district, Lancashire. The village stands near the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, 2½ miles W of Wigan; and has a station with telegraph on the railway, and a post-office under Wigan. The township comprises 2,868 acres. Real property, £31,319; of which £19,370 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 5,252; in 1861, 6,870. Houses, 1,314. The chapelry is more extensive than the township; contains Newtown, Smithy-Brook, Goose-Green, and Lamberhead-Green; and was constituted in 1838. Pop. in 1861, 8,853. Houses, 1,696. There are several good modern residences, an ancient half-timbered hall, coal-mines, stone-quarries, brick manufactories, cotton mills, and a famous spring. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £300. Patron, the Rector of Wigan. The church was built in 1832, and is a large brick edifice. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a mechanics' institute, four national schools, and charities £14. The sub-district contains also two other townships. Acres, 6,263. Pop., 10,435. Houses, 2,007.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Wigan library.Cemeteries
- St Matthew, Billinge Rd, Church of England, Highfield
- St John, Church St, Church of England
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Pemberton.Church History
Church Records
- St Paul, Warrington Road, Church of England, Goose Green
- St Matthew, Billinge Rd, Church of England, Highfield
- St Francis of Assisi, City Road, Church of England, Kitt Green
- St Barnabas, Church of England, Marsh Green
- St John, Church St, Church of England
- St Mark, Victoria St, Church of England
- Congregational
- Free Gospel
- Fleet St, Independent Methodist, Lamberhead Green
- Chapel St, Primitive Methodist, Lamberhead Green
- Woodford St, Primitive Methodist, Lamberhead Green
- St Cuthbert, Sherwood Drive, Roman Catholic
- United Methodist Free Church, Goose Green
- Loch St, United Methodist Free Church, Lamberhead Green
- Wesleyan Methodist, Goose Green
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Pemberton area is Wigan and Leigh.Directories
"PEMBERTON is a township and village in the parish of wigan, two miles W.S.W. of that town, in which are several extensive coal mines, and Hawkley-hall, the residence of the Rev. W. Molineux, a very ancient building. The number of inhabitants in the township, in 1821, was nearly 4,000."Royal National and Commercial Directory and Topography of the county of Lancashire - Pigot & Co. 1828