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Hothersall

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Hothersall, township, Ribchester par., N. Lancashire, on river Ribble, 6½ miles NE. of Preston, 3,079 ac., pop. 132.

John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)

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Archives & Libraries

Local studies information is held at Clitheroe library.

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Census

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Civil Registration

The Register Office covering the Hothersall area is Preston and South Ribble

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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"HOTHERSALL, (or Hatherall), a township in the parish of Ribchester, hundred of Amounderness, county Lancaster, 7 miles N.E. of Preston. It is situated on the river Ribble. The principal residence is Hothersall Hall.

"HATHERALL, (or Hothersall-with-alston), a township in the parish of Ribchester, hundred of Amounderness, county Lancaster, 7 miles N.E. of Preston, its post town, and near to the Longridge station, on the Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction railway. It is situated near the river Ribble. The land is chiefly pasture and meadow. John and James Fenton, Esqs., are lords of the manor."

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Historical Geography

In 1835 Hothersall was a township in the parish of Ribchester.

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

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History

The history of Hothersall Hall.

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Maps

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Probate Records

For probate purposes prior to 1858, Hothersall 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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Societies

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