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FISHWICK, a township in Preston parish, Lancashire; on the river Ribble, 1½ mile E of Preston. Acres, 672. Real property, £7,431; of which £50 are in fisheries. Pop. in 1851, 1,005; in 1861, 1,884. Houses, 318. Many of the inhabitants are factory operatives. Fishwick Hall is the seat of the Shaws.
John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
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Local studies information is held at Preston library.
New Hall Lane Cemetery, Preston |
Details about the census records, and indexes for Fishwick.
New Hall Lane Cemetery, Preston |
St Teresa Roman Catholic, Fishwick |
The Register Office covering the Fishwick area is Preston and South Ribble
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"FISHWICK, a township in the parish of Preston, hundred of Amounderness, county palatine Lancaster, 1 mile E. of Preston, of which it is a well-populated suburb. It is situated close to the river Ribble. Fishwick Hall, a very old mansion, is the seat of W. Shawe, Esq., who is lord of the manor."
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In 1835 Fishwick was a township in the parish of Preston.
Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.
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For probate purposes prior to 1858, Fishwick 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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