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IGHTENHILL-PARK, a township in Whalley parish, Lancashire; on the river Calder, 2 miles NW of Burnley. Acres, 752. Real property, £3,188; of which £1,957 are in mines, and £70 in quarries. Pop., 161. Houses, 35. The manor belongs to the Duke of Bucclench.
John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
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Local studies information is held at Burnley library.
Details about the census records, and indexes for Ightenhill Park.
The Register Office covering the Ightenhill Park area is Burnley and Pendle.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"IGHTENHILL-PARK, an extra parochial place in the higher division of the hundred of Blackburn, county Lancaster. It is situated on the river Calder, and near the road from Burnley to Blackburn. The land is chiefly pasture, and the township abounds in coal and stone of excellent quality. The Duke of Buccleuch is lord of the manor."
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In 1835 Ightenhill Park was a township in the parish of Whalley.
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, Ightenhill Park 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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