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"ORRELL and FORD, a township in Sefton parish, Lancashire; on the Leeds and Liverpool canal, 4½ miles N of Liverpool. Acres, 728. Real property, £2,753. Pop. in 1851, 279; in 1861, 358. Houses, 57. The increase of pop. arose from the extension of trade in Liverpool. Most of the land belongs to the Earl of Sefton. Ford Lodge and Hatton Hall are chief residences."
John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
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| Orrell Park Trinity Presbyterian Lancashire |
| Springwell Rd Presbyterian Church of Wales, Orrell |
The Register Office covering the Orrell area is Sefton South.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"ORELL AND FORD, a township in the parish of Sefton, hundred of West Derby, county Lancaster, 5 miles N. of Liverpool."
"FORD, a township united with Orrell, in the parish of Sefton, hundred of West Derby, county palatine of Lancaster, 6 miles N. of Liverpool. It is near the river Alt and the Leeds canal."
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In 1835 Orrell was a township in the parish of Sefton.
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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ344980 (Lat/Lon: 53.4743, -2.989204), Orrell which are provided by:
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For probate purposes prior to 1858, Orrell 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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