. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. LEYLAND HUNDRED ECCLESTON ECCLESTON ECCLESTON HESKIN WRIGHTINGTON PARBOLD the the the The ancient parish of Eccleston is noteworthy as the only one in the hundred which had no depen- dence on the barony of Penwortham, for its northern half was part of the forest fee, while the southern half belonged to the barony of Manchester. This detachment may have had an influence in deter- mining or preserving its parochial unity. The area of the parish is 8,406-^ acres, and population in 1901 numbered 4,234- To ancient fifteenth it pai
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. LEYLAND HUNDRED ECCLESTON ECCLESTON ECCLESTON HESKIN WRIGHTINGTON PARBOLD the the the The ancient parish of Eccleston is noteworthy as the only one in the hundred which had no depen- dence on the barony of Penwortham, for its northern half was part of the forest fee, while the southern half belonged to the barony of Manchester. This detachment may have had an influence in deter- mining or preserving its parochial unity. The area of the parish is 8,406-^ acres, and population in 1901 numbered 4,234- To ancient fifteenth it paid £7, ly. %rl. when hundred paid ^^30 izs. 8a'.' and to the county lay of 1624 it paid j^li 21. 2\d. when the hundred gave X'°°-' Though at one time the courts for the wapentalce appear to have been kept at Eccleston,' the history of the place has been quite uneventful, nor have any families of eminence been seated there. The manors were much divided among non-resident lords, and the Lathoms of Parbold seem to have been the principal residents until the 17th century. Thus William Lathom was the chief landowner contributing to the subsidy of 1525, the others being Gilbert Banastre, Thomas Wrightington, John Dicconson, Richard Edmundson, Henry Rawe, William Alanson and Nicholas Rigby. William Fleetwood also paid, bat not for lands.' The wake was held on the Sunday next after 8 September.* In 1836 there were no manufactures in the parish, except ' hand weaving for the cotton manufacturers in Preston and Chorley, and a furniture calico printing work recently estab- lished.' The coal-mines and quarries were worked.' The agricultural land in the parish is now occupied thus : arable, 2,577 acres ; per- manent grass, 4,832 ; woods and plantations, 259.' Each of the four townships has a parish council. The Ven. John Finch was one of the victims of the Elizabethan persecution, being executed at Lan- caster 20 April I 5 84 for rejecting the queen's religious supremacy.* Sir William Fle
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