Habergham All Saints, Lancashire Genealogy

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Chapelry History
Habergham All Saints was created a chapelry in 1845, lying within the boundaries of Whalley ancient parish.

Other places in the parish include: Ightenhill Park, Ightonhill Park, and Ighton Hill.

The Diocese of Blackburn is a Church of England diocese, covering much of Lancashire, created in 1926 from part of the Diocese of Manchester. The Diocese includes the towns of Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, and the cities of Lancaster, and Preston, as well as a large part of the Ribble Valley. "The ecclesiastical district or parish of All Saints, Habergham, was formed in 1845, under the act 6th and 7th Victoria, c. 37, and consists of part of this township, with adjacent portions of other townships: the living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Crown and the Bishop of Chester, alternately; net income, £150. The church is situated near the village of Cheapside, and is in the early decorated style; it was built by subscription, and cost about £4000: the first stone was laid by J. P. Kay Shuttleworth, Esq., assisted by James Dugdale, Esq., on new-year's day, 1847"

From: Samuel A. Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 362-366. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50995 Date accessed: 09 March 2011.

"HABERGHAM EAVES, a township and a chapelry in Whalley parish, Lancashire. The township is suburban to Burnley; includes a town continuous with Burnley; lies partly within Burnley borough; and shares in that town's communications and employments. Acres, 4, 007. Real property, £55, 673; of which £7, 668 are in mines, and £206 in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 12, 549; in 1861, 18, 013. Houses, 3, 369. Pop. of the part Within Burnley borough, in 1861, 11, 469. Houses, 2, 094. The increase of pop. arose from the erection of cotton mills. Coal is largely worked. The manor belongs to the Duke of Buccleuch; and other chief properties belong to four landowners. The chapelry is less extensive than the township; and was constituted in 1 842. Pop. in 1861, 11, 533. Houses, 2, 195. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £350.* Patrons, Hulme's Trustees. The church stands in Trinity street; is in the Tudor style; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. There are several dissenting chapels, national schools, and charities £37."

John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

Civil Registration
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Poor Law Unions
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Probate records
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