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HALE, a village, a township, a chapelry, and a subdistrict in Childwall parish and Prescot district, Lancashire. The village stands on the coast of the Mersey, 2 miles S W of Halewood r. station, and 10 SE by E of Liverpool; is a picturesque and pleasant place, much frequented by pleasure parties from Liverpool; and has a post office under Warrington. The township comprises 1,626 acres of land and 2,165 of water. Real property, £3,847. Pop., 648. Houses, 122. The manor belonged, in the time of William the Conqueror, to John de Ireland; and has descended from him to its present proprietor John Ireland Blackburne, Esq. Hale Hall, Mr. B. 's seat, was built, in 1674, by Sir Gilbert Ireland; has a recently erected front; and commands a fine view of the Mersey. A decoy pool, for catching wild fowl, is about ¼ of a mile from the village. The chapelry is more extensive than the township, and is of very ancient date. Pop., 1,062. Houses, 202. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £105. * Patron, J. I. Blackburne, Esq. The church is a plain building, with aisles, porch, and tower. Charities, £15. John Middleton, known as "the child of Hale," who was 9 feet 3 inches high, was born here in 1578, and died and was buried here in 1623. The sub-district contains the townships of Hale, Speke, and Halewood. Acres, 13,042. Pop., 2,424. Houses, 430.

John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

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Cemeteries

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Census

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Church Records

The registers of the parish church, St Mary, have been published by the Lancashire Parish Register Society as follows.

  • Volume 92 - Mar 1572-1754, Bap & Bur 1572-1740.
  • Volume M15 - Bap , Mar & Bur 1741-1842.
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Civil Registration

The Register Office covering the Hale area is Halton.

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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"HALE, a chapelry in the parish of Childwall, hundred of West Derby, county Lancaster, 6 miles S. of Prescot. It is situated on the northern bank of the river Mersey, and forms the most southern point of land in the county. The village is small and almost wholly agricultural. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £183 19s. 9d. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Chester, value £105. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The charities produce £15 per annum, which goes to the support of Past's free school. The Child of Hale, John Middleton, was born here in 1578. His height was 9 feet 3 inches, and he had a hand 17 inches in length. He was introduced at the court of James I., and died here in 1623. Hale Hall, which has a decoy, was built by the Irelands in 1674. In the conservatory is a palm-tree, supposed to be the finest in Europe, being 27 feet in height, and above 100 years old, having been brought to England in 1737."

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Historical Geography

In 1835 Hale was a township in the parish of Childwall.

Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.

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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ466820 (Lat/Lon: 53.332613, -2.803799), Hale which are provided by:

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Probate Records

For probate purposes prior to 1858, Hale 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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Societies

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