Newchurch (Culcheth), Lancashire Genealogy

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Parish History
Newchurch is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1748 from Winwick, Lancashire Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Desfurlong, Holcroft, Kenyon, Bury Lane, Twiss Green, Wigshaw, and Risley

"NEWCHURCH in Culcheth a village and a parish in Leigh district, Lancashire. The village stands near Kenyon Junction r. station 3-1/2 miles S of Leigh; and has a post-office under Warrington.

The parish consists of the townships of Kenyon and Culcheth; contains the hamlets of Risley, Bury-Lane, Twiss-Green, Wigshaw, and Holcroft, and was formerly a chapelry of Winwick parish.

Acres 6,958. Real property, £12,758. Pop. in 1851, 2,688, in 1861, 2,488. Houses, 499. The property is divided chiefly among four:-

The manor of Culcheth, with Culcheth Hall, belongs to T.E. Withington, Esq. Kenyon House is the seat of R. Dewhurst, Esq.; New Brook House of J. Hartley, Esq.; and Ivy House, of M. Tomlinson, Esq.

The cotton manufacture is carried on, and bricks and tiles are made. Value, £240. Patron the Earl of Derby.

The church is old; comprises nave, aisle, chancel, and porch; and contains some brasses. There are a chapel of ease at Bury-Lane, chapels for Methodists, and national schools."

From: The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, Vol.2., p. 433. By John Marius Wilson, London 1870.

Here is an 1848 historical perspective from the topographer, Samuel A. Lewis on this parish:

"NEWCHURCH, a parish (church built by at least 1599), in the union of Leigh, hundred of West Derby, S. division of Lancashire, 4 miles (S. by W.) from Leigh, and 6 (N. by E.) from Warrington; containing 2516 inhabitants. This parish consists of the townships of Culcheth and Kenyon, which were separated from the parish of Winwick in 1845, and formed into a distinct rectory. It comprises 6960 acres, of which the surface is undulated, and the soil partly clay and partly moss. The Bolton, Leigh, and Kenyon railway here joins the Liverpool and Manchester railway. The living is in the patronage of the Earl of Derby; but the next presentation will be exercised by the present Rector of Winwick, should a vacancy occur during his incumbency: there are above 30 acres of glebe, and a glebe-house. The tithes of Culcheth have been commuted for a rent-charge of £415, of which £345 are payable to an impropriator, and £70 to the rector of Newchurch; and those of Kenyon have been commuted for £160, the whole payable to the rector. The church is a plain brick building, with a tower at the west end. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans; and a Presbyterian chapel has an endowment of £70 per annum. Dr. Wilson, the eminent Bishop of Sodor and Man, was in early life curate of Newchurch, then a chapelry."

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis (1848), pp. 389-393. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51172 Date accessed: 20 July 2010.

Civil Registration
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Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD

Church records
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Newchurch (Culcheth)- (no dedication) Baptisms Transcript-1599-1812- 929.3272 N1 Baptisms Transcript-1813-1841- MFE 929.342761 Ne(808) or F929.3272 N1 Burials Transcript-1607-1812- 929.3272 N1 Burials Transcript-1813-1841- MFE 929.342761 Ne(808) or F929.3272 N1 Marriages Transcript-1607-1751- 929.3272 N1 Marriages Transcript-1837-1841- Archives LPRS Transcript

For original registers of above please enquire at Lancashire Record Office.

Baptisms, 1788-1853; Burials, 1775-1848. FHL BRITISH Film 950393 Marriages, 1763-1845. FHL BRITISH Film 950394 Item 1

Census records
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http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

Poor Law Unions
Haslingden, Lancashire Poor Law Union

Leigh, Lancashire Poor Law Union from 1845

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Lancashire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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Web sites
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