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WITTON, a township, a chapelry, and a sub-district, in Blackburn parish and district, Lancashire. The township lies ½ a mile N of Cherry-Tree r. station, and 1½ W by S of Blackburn; and contains large cotton mills. Acres, 650. Real property, £6,904. Pop. in 1851, 1,367; in 1861, 3,292. Houses, 664. The increase of pop. arose from increase of cotton mills. The manor, with W. Hall, belongs to J. Feilden, Esq. Billinge Hill is within the park, rises to an altitude of 900 feet, and commands a very extensive view. The chapelry extends beyond the township, and was constituted in 1842. Post town, Blackburn. Pop., 5,297. Houses, 1,041. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £300. Patron, the Vicar of Blackburn. The church was built in 1837, and is in the Norman style. The sub-district contains 4 townships. Acres, 6,190. Pop., 8,115. Houses, 1,580.
John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
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The Register Office covering the Witton area is Blackburn.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"WITTON, a township and ecclesiastical district in the parish and borough of Blackburn, county Lancaster, 2 miles N.W. of Blackburn. It is situated on the river Darwen and Liverpool canal."
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In 1835 Witton was a township in the parish of Blackburn.
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For probate purposes prior to 1858, Witton 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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