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MEDLAR-WITH-WESHAM, a township in Kirkham parish, Lancashire; around Kirkham r. station, from ½ a mile to 2½ miles N of Kirkham. It has a postal letterbox, at the r. station, under Preston; and has there also a hotel. Acres, 1,971. Real property, £3,441. Pop. in 1851, 170; in 1861, 563. Houses, 101. The increase of pop. arose from additional employment in cotton mills. The manor, with Mowbreck Hall, belongs to J. T. Fazakerley-Westby, Esq. The Hall is a fine old edifice of red brick, castellated with stone; and contains a domestic Roman Catholic chapel. A large school, used also as a lecture hall, and belonging to the Independents, was built at Wesham in 1864.
John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
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Local studies information is held at Kirkham library.
| St Joseph Roman Catholic, Wesham |
Details about the census records, and indexes for Medlar with Wesham.
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The Register Office covering the Medlar with Wesham area is Blackpool & Fylde.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"WESHAM, a township in the parish of Kirkham, county Lancaster, 1 mile N.W. of Kirkham, its post town and railway station. It is situated near the river Ribble and the Lancaster canal, and is joined with Medlar."
"MEDLAR WITH WESHAM, a township in the parish of Kirkham, hundred of Amounderness, county Lancaster, 2½ miles N. by W. of Kirkham, which station is situated in this township. The houses are irregularly built. There is a large cotton mill and weaving shed, employing a great number of the inhabitants. Mowbreck Hall is the principal residence."
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In 1835 Medlar with Wesham was a township in the parish of Kirkham.
Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.
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The Workhouse site has an interesting description of Fylde workhouse.
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Medlar with Wesham 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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