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"ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE, a chapelry in Preston parish, Lancashire; on the river Ribble, adjacent to the Wyre and Preston railway, 2 miles W of Preston. It consists of the townships of Lea, Ashton, Ingol, and Cottam. Post Town, Preston. Acres, 3,522; of which 175 are water. Real property, £9,883. Pop., 911. Houses, 176. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £106. The church was built in 1836. There are a Roman Catholic chapel and a free school."
John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
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Local studies information is held at Preston library.
Details about the census records, and indexes for Ashton, Lea, Cottam and Ingol.
| St Andrew, Ashton on Ribble, Church of England |
| St Christopher, Lea, Church of England |
| St Margaret Church of England, Ingol |
| St Michael and All Angels, Ashton on Ribble, Church of England |
| Bray St, Ashton on Ribble, Wesleyan Methodist |
| Wellington Rd Wesleyan Methodist, Ashton on Ribble |
The Register Office covering the Ashton on Ribble area is Preston and South Ribble
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"LEA, a township in the parish of Preston, hundred of Amounderness, county Lancaster, 4 miles N.W. of Preston. It is a station on the Preston and Wyre railway. There is an endowed free school with £75 per annum. The Roman Catholics have a chapel. It is joined with Ashton, Ingol, and Cottam."
"INGOL AND COTTAM, a hamlet in the parish of Preston, hundred of Amounderness, county Lancaster, 2 miles N. of Preston. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. The hamlet of Cottam consists of a few scattered houses. There are a Roman Catholic chapel and a school."
"COTTAM, a hamlet in the parish of Preston, hundred of Amounderness, in the county of Lancaster, 2½ miles N.W. of Preston. It is united to the township of Lea. The Roman Catholics have a chapel and school. W. A. Cross, Esq., is lord of the manor."
"ASHTON ON RIBBLE, a township in the parish of Preston, and hundred of Amounderness in the county palatine of Lancaster, 2 miles to the W. of Preston. It is united with the township of Lea. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Manchester, value £106, in the patronage of the Vicar of Preston. Ashton Bank is the principal residence."
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In 1835 Ashton, Lea, Cottam and Ingol was a township in the parish of Preston.
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For probate purposes prior to 1858, Ashton on Ribble was in the Archdeaconry of Richmond, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Richmond are held at the Lancashire Record Office.
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