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Catholic Census of Standish 1764

 ADLINGTON  Children  Servants  Total
 Sam Dawson dissenter his wife Betty papist    
 Widow Roger  
 George and Ann Green, she a papist    
 John and Mary Jolley  
    Total 
       
 ANDERTON      
 James Rothwell and his wife  
 Henry Green, Mary cawdwell a papist  
 John Smalley and Betty his wife  
    Total  10 
       
 HEATH CHARNOCK      
 Thomas and Jane Catteral  
 Ann Caterall (servant)    
    Total 
       
 DUXBURY      
 Rich and Alice Fool    
 Wm? Woodcock his wife Mary  
 John and Jane Waring  
 Wm and Eleanor Stringfellow  
 Wm Chadwich and his sister
    Total  28 
       
 COPPULL      
 Henry and Fanny Tomlinson  
 Saml and Betty Halliwell    
 John and Mary Taylor, Adam Kingsley  
 Rich and Mary Wilson  
 John and Mary Talbot  
 Rich and Ellen Halliwell
 Robt and Betty Smith  
 Thos and Mary Hurdons, he and 5 children papist  
 Thomas and Mary Taylor
 Frank Brown, his mother and 2 nieces  
 Ann Low    
 Henry & Peggy Fell, she & 2 girls Papists  
 Thom and Mary Scott  
 John and Jane Middlehurst and his father  
    Total  72 
       
 CHARNOCK RICHARD      
 James and Mary Berry he & children papists  
 James and Peggy Hurdons  
 Frank & Frances Dickinson she and children papists  
 Ellen Haddock    
 Ja and Ann Ralp    
 Ja and Hannah Derbyshire he a papist  
 Jhn and Mary Roscoe  
 John and Jane Felton  
 Peter and Ellen Charnock    
 Mgt Allanson  
 Wm and Mary Jackson  
 Thomas Smith, his sister    
 ? Jackson  
 Wm? And Jennet Taylor
 John and Betty Fisher
 Jane Day, Betty Clarkson  
 Thos and Betty Turner, he a papist    
 Jos and Alice Morris, Betty Porter aged 93 yrs.  
 Thos and Ellen Morris, he a papist    
 John and Mary Sharples  
 Margt Dawson wid  
 Wm and Betty Eastwood  
 Mr. and Mrs. Waring  
 Wm and Ann Lucas  
    Total  98 
       
 WHITTLE      
 Rich and Ellen Ormstone  
 Tho and Mary Booth? Thompson a papist  
    Total 
       
 SHEVINGTON      
 ? Chamberlain with Hen and Betty Prescott 10  12 
 Roger and Betty Scott, Hen Houghton    
 Thomas and Mary Silcot    
 Will and Margt Baxondean she a papist    
 Wm Ralph, his wife Frances Lea  
 Wm Derbyshire she and children papists  
 John and Betty Rosbottom, Mrs. Clapham a papist    
 Mr. Jackson his wife papist
 Wm and Eleanor Turner  
 John Stringfellow two daus praying Mary    
 Thomas and Ann Dickinson  
 Wm Rainford, his wife  
 Peter and Ellen Blackburn  
 Edw and Ellen Latham  
 Edw and Ann Standish, he a papist  
 Wm, Ellen Standish her and two sons papists  
 Edw and Ann Slater  
 Tho and Jane Grimshaw  
    Total  77 
       
 STANDISH AND LANGTREE      
 Mrs. Townley, widow 11  13 
 Hen and Hannah Belward
 Tho Brown, his wife, Capt. Taylor  
 Tho Bibby, his wife  
 Mr. Sandford, his wife her sister and daughter
 Thos Miller, his wife papists all but his wife
 Jas Marsden his wife and woman    
 John and Mgt Seddon, he and 2 children papist  
 Henry Bolton his wife  
 John Scott's 2 daughters  
 Wm and Jane Occleshaw he and 2 children papists  
 Martin Fisher, wife, mother all but wife papist  
 John, Ann Seddon  
 Rich Brindle his wife
 Ann Tunstall    
 Henry Harkison and wife  
 Tho Walley, his wife, she and child papists  
 Grace Slater, widow  
 Edw and Ann Whalley all but she papist  
 Alice Brown, widow
 Widow Greenhall  
 Wm Read his wife  
 Ann Thompson w(idow?)
 Tho Berry his wife    
 Tho Halliwell, his wife papists all but he  
 Wm Waring, his wife  
 Robt Carter, his wife Jane Miller  
 John Berry, his wife two Grunnels
 Wm Walley, his wife all but she papists  
 Rger Derbyshire, his wife  
 Peter, Mary Derbyshire  
 Thos Occleshaw, his wife  
 Jas Heaton, his wife he and two children papists  
 Wm Walsh, his wife  
 Rich and Mary Occleshaw
 Betty Heeps, papist she only  
 Edw and Mary Bolton
 Tho Smith, his wife  
 Tho Tyrer, his wife, he a papist  
 Mr. Platt, his wife  
 Wm Ormethriding, his niece    
 Peter and Marg Sim, she a papist  
 Wm Miller, his wife
 Jas Rainford, wife, Mrs. Grimbaldeston
 Wid Harvey, wid Lithgoe, wid Guest  
 Wid Harvey, Mrs. Consiglio, Rich Fairbrother & wife   11 
 John Lithgoe, Ja Winstanley, their wives   12 
 Wm Fisher, Jas Lithgoe, their wives   10 
 Jon and Henry Belward, their wives  
 Thos Shaw, his wife and two daughters papists  
 Ellis Guest, Peter Heaton, their wives 3 papists  
 Hu Holden, Thos Fairbrother, their wives 10 
 Mrs. Marsdens    
 Jas and Ellen Prescott, one Brown a papist
    Total  261 
       
 WORTHINGTON      
 No Papists      

In the whole Parish there were 100 Catholic families with 571 individuals. This compares with the total population of the parish 754 families 3624 individuals. 16% of the population were Catholic with 13% of families.

© Phillip Fairclough 2003


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