The Parish of Winwick in the County of -- Lancashire --

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 1872.

Entered here 29 October 2005 by Lynn Ransom Burton.