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PENWORTHAM,
a village, a township, and a parish, in Preston district,
Lancashire. The village stands on the river Ribble, near the
Northwestern railway, 1½ mile S W of Preston; and has a post-office
under Preston. The township contains also the village of Middleforth-Green,
and the hamlet of Charnock-Moss; and comprises 2,277 acres. Real
property, £7,221; of which £30 are in fisheries. Pop. in 1851,
1,487; in 1861, 1,506. Houses, 271. P. Priory, P. Hall, P. House,
the Oaks, Hurst Grange, White Friars, and Swallow House are chief
residences. An ancient castle stood here, to guard the navigation of
the Ribble; but was long ago erased. A Benedictine priory, a cell to
Evesham abbey, was founded here, in the time of the Conqueror, by
Warine Bussel; was given, at the dissolution, to the Fleetwoods; and
has left no remains. The parish contains also the townships of
Howick, Hutton, Longton, and Farington. Acres, 11,317; of which
1,450 are water. Real property, £26,169. Pop. in 1851, 5,722; in
1861, 5,488. Houses, 996. The property is subdivided. Bricks and
tiles are made in Howick; and brewing and malting are carried on in
Longton. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester.
Value, £125.* Patron, L. Rawstorne, Esq. The church is of the 14th
century; was partly rebuilt, partly enlarged, in 1856; consists of
nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and low tower; and contains
handsome monuments of the Fleetwoods and the Rawstornes. The p.
curacies of Longton and Farington are separate benefices. A chapel
of ease, a Wesleyan chapel, a workhouse for female children, an
endowed grammar school, and charities £70 are in P. township; and
dis-senting chapels and public schools are in the other townships.
John
Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
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