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Leyland in Lancaster County England History and GeographyLEYLAND, a parish in the hundred of LEYLAND, county palatine of LANCASTER, comprising the chapelries of Euxton, Heapey, Hoghton, and Whittle le Woods, and the townships of Clayton le Woods, Cuerden, Leyland, Wheelton, and Withnell, and containing 12,959 inhabitants, of which number, 3173 are in the township of Leyland, 4½ miles (N.W.) from Chorley. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £11, and in the patronage of Thomas James Baldwin, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, like Westminster and many other ancient halls, was originally crected without a single pillar; it was rebuilt and enlarged in 1817, and contains several marble monuments: adjoining the chancel is an ancient chapel belonging to the Faringtons, beneath which is the burial vault of that family. A place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists was erected in 1814. The petty sessions for the division are held here once in five weeks, on Monday. A considcrable manufacture of cotton is carried on in the parish. Near the churchyard a free grammar school was founded by Queen Elizabeth, with an endowment of £3. 18. per annum, in aid of which the Rev. Thomas Armetriding, in 1718, bequeathed £250, in support of the master and an usher; the annual income, with subsequent benefactions, amounts to about £27, for which thirty children are taught to read only. Another school was erected, in 1785, by the late Mr. Balshaw, and endowed by him with lands now producing an annual income of £180, in which one hundred and ten boys and seventy girls are instructed on the National system, and are gratuitously supplied with books, stationery, &c. There is also a small endowment left by the late Samuel Crook, Esq., for the education of children. An almshouse for six poor persons was founded, in 1607, by William Farington, Esq., and further endowed, in 1665, by John Osbaldeston, Esq., the inmates of which receive each about £2 per annum, in money and fuel. A savings bank was established in 1821. There are at Shawe hall, the seat of William Farington, Esq., a choice museum of natural curiosities, and a collection of valuable paintings, some of which were found in the ruins of Herculaneum. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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