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CLAYTON-LE-WOODS, a township in Leyland parish, Lancashire; on the Wigan and Preston railway, 3¾ miles NNW of Chorley. It contains Clayton-Green, with post office under Chorley. Acres, 1,450. Real property, £3,544. Pop., 705. Houses, 144.
John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
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Local studies information is held at Chorley library.
| St Bede, Clayton Green, Roman Catholic |
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| St Bede, Clayton Green, Roman Catholic |
The Register Office covering the Clayton le Woods area is Chorley.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"CLAYTON-LE-WOODS, a township in the parish and hundred of Leyland, in the county of Lancaster, 3 miles N.W. of Chorley, and 5 S.E. of Preston. It is situated on a small stream called the Lostock. Most of the inhabitants are engaged in the cotton-mills. At Clayton Green, 1 mile distant, is a handsome Roman Catholic; chapel. Clayton Hall, formerly the seat of the De Claytons, is an old mansion in the Elizabethan style; it is now a farmhouse."
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In 1835 Clayton le Woods was a township in the parish of Leyland.
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For probate purposes prior to 1858, Clayton le Woods 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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