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Billington, township, in par. and 5½ miles NE. of Blackburn, NE. Lancashire, 3139 ac., pop. 1410.
John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)
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Local studies information is held at Clitheroe library.
Details about the census records, and indexes for Billington.
The Register Office covering the Billington area is Blackburn.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"BILLINGTON LANGHO, a chapelry in the parish and hundred of Blackburn, in the county palatine of Lancaster, 5 miles to the N. of Blackburn. Many of the inhabitants are engaged in cotton weaving. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Chester, and in the patronage of the Vicar of Blackburn. There is a free endowed school, with an income of £14 per annum, and other charities producing about £24 a year."
John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales - 1870-2
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In 1835 Billington was a township in the parish of Blackburn.
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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SD711352 (Lat/Lon: 53.81191, -2.440746), Billington which are provided by:
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For probate purposes prior to 1858, Billington was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Chester are held at the Lancashire Record Office.
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