Farnworth

"FARNWORTH, a chapelry in the parish of Prescot, hundred of West Derby, county palatine Lancaster, 4 miles S.E. of Prescot, and 82 N.W. of Warrington, its post town. It includes the townships of Bold, Cronton, Ditton, and Widness. The St. Helens and Lancashire and Yorkshire railway has a station here. Sailcloth, canvas, and watch movements are manufactured in this neighbourhood. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Chester, value £172, in the gift of the vicar of the parish. The church is an ancient structure, with handsome E. window, dedicated to St. Luke. The grammar school founded by Bishop Smith in the reign of Henry VIII. has an endowment of £50 per annum. In the vicinity are a number of respectable residences."