Walton le Dale, Lancashire Family History Guide

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Walton le Dale is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1764 from a chapelry in Blackburn St Mary Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Higher Walton and Cuerdale.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Leonard

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1609

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Association.

Adjacent Parishes

Walton le Dale Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Walton le Dale. The index includes information from Marriage Licences granted within The Archdeaconry of Chester in the Diocese of Chester V.8 1691-1700

Marriage Licences and Allegations

Marriage Licences granted within The Archdeaconry of Chester in the Diocese of Chester V.8

The following have been extracted from Marriage Licences granted within The Archdeaconry of Chester in the Diocese of Chester V.8 1691-1700.

1692 Nov. 14 John Harper, of Walton, co. Lane, Husbandman, and Ann Gartside, of Rufforth, same co.

1692-3 Jan. 9 Richard Sandforth, and Alice Gore, both of Walton co. Lanc.

1693 Dec. 2 William Wolfall, and Jane Holm, both of Walton, co. Lanc.

1693 Dec. Henry Hunt, and Susan Burgesse, both of Walton.

1694 July 26 John Cockshutt, of Leverpoole, co. Lanc., Merchant, and Jane Aspinwall, Parish of Walton.

1694 July 27 James Hornby, of Childwall, co. Lanc., and Margaret Higginson, of Walton, co aforesaid.

1694 July 27 James Hornby, of Childwall, co. Lanc., and Margaret Higginson, Parish of Walton, co. aforesaid.

1694 Aug. 24 James Williamson, of Sephton, co. Lane, and Lydia Butler, Parish of Walton, co. aforesaid.

1695 Oct. 15 Richard Sollom, of Walton in le Dale, co. Lanc., and Ciceley Livesay, of Balderston, co. aforesaid,
Spinster. At Blackburne, co. Lanc.

1694 Nov. 12 Thomas Edwardson, Parish of Walton, Mariner, and Dorothy Blackmore, Parish aforesaid.
Spinster. Bondsman, Richard Wright, of Crowton, co. aforesaid. Yeoman. At Leverpoole, co. Lanc.

1695 Oct. 20 Robert Turner, of Walton, co. Lanc., and Margery Harpur, of same. At Childwall, co. Lanc.

1695 Nov. 11 Ralph Ashton, of Cuerdale, co. Lanc., Gentleman, and Sarah Bruen, of Hoghton, co. Lanc.,
Spinster. Bondsman, William Colton, of Walton in le Dale, co. Lane, Clerk, At Leyland, Walton in le Dale, or Brindle, co. Lanc.

1696 June 22 William Rylance, of Walton, co. Lanc., and Catherine Morrey, of same. At Sephton, co. Lanc.

1696 June 23 Thomas Ellison, of Walton in le Dale, co. Lanc., and Elizabeth Stanhope, Spinster, of same. At
Burnley, co. Lanc.

1697 May 25 John Carter, Parish of Walton, co. Lanc., and Ellen Bushell, of the Parish aforesaid. At Ormskirk, co. Lanc.

1697 Dec. 14 Robert Fleetwood, and Jane Rylands, both of Kirkby, Parish of Walton, co. Lanc.. Bondsmen, Robert Goare, of Simonswood, Parish of Walton aforesaid, Husbandman, and Thomas Webster, of Ormskirk, co. Lanc., Gardiner. At Ormskirk, or Sephton, co. Lanc.

1698 May 23 Richard Loxam, of Hoolswalton [Ulnes Walton], co. Lanc., Yeoman, and Sarah Newton, of
Eccleston, co. aforesaid, Spinster. Bondsman William Wilding, of Walton in le Dale, co. aforesaid, Innholder, and Richard Loxam, at Lowchurch.

1698 June 22 Richard Tasker, of Walton in Le Dale, co., Lanc., Husbandman, and Alice Rishton, of Livesay, co. aforesaid, Spinster. At Blackburne, or Tockholes

1698 Nov. 16 Robert Birchall and Ann Knowles, both of the Parish of Walton [co. Lanc..]. Bondsman, Robert Birchall, of Leverpoole, co. Lanc., Carpenter. At Sephton, co. Lanc.

1698 Nov. 20 Evan Eastham, and Ann Whittaker, both of Walton-in-le-Dale, co. Lanc. Bondsman, Evan Eastham, of Walton-in-le-Dale, Parish of Blackburne. At Eccleston.

1698 Dec. 19 Thomas Beguley, of Walton, Parish of Blackburn, co. Lanc., Yeoman, and Ellen Walwork,
of Eccles Parish, in said co., Spinster. At Eccles aforesaid.

1698-9 Feb. 19 Thomas Lyon, and Margaret Mercer, both of the Parish of Walton, co. Lanc. Bondsman, George Mercer, of Walton aforesaid.

1699 July 3 George Smallshaw, of Walton, co. Lanc., Mariner, and Margaret Rice, of Everton, Spinster. Bondsman, Jonathan Naylor, of Leverpoole, in said co., Taylor. At Walton aforesaid.

1700 June 18 John Lowe, of Leverpool, co. Lanc., and Margaret Smoult, of Kirkdale, co. aforesaid, Spinster.
Bondsman, Peter Lyon, of Walton, co. Lanc., Husbandman, At Walton, or Leverpool, co. Lanc.

Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837

The following have been extracted from Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837 Published 1893 Editor: William John Charles Moens. Parishes without a named county are parishes within the county of Hampshire.

Bell, John, of Walton, co. Lancashire, master mariner, 21, b., & Mary-Rogers Brain, of Portsea, a minor, with c. of her f., James Brain, of the s., carpenter, at P., 11 Feb., 1814.

London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869

The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.

Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.

Assheton, Ralph, of Cuerdale, co. Lancaster, esq., bachelor, above 24, and Rebecca Hulls, of St. Mary Abchurch, London, spinster, above 19, daughter of William Hulls, of same, esq., who consents — at Henry VII.’s Chapel, Westminster. 7 Aug. 1752. F.

Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887

Parish Registers

Walton le Dale Parish Registers 1609 to 1812

The registers of the parish of Walton-le-Dale  in the Country of Lancaster : baptisms, burials and marriages 1609-1812 : Clayton, Gerald E. C : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Parish History

Walton le Dale A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

WALTON-LE-DALE, a township and chapelry, in the parish, and Lower division of the hundred, of Blackburn, union of Preston, N. division of Lancashire, 2 miles (S. E.) from Preston; the township containing 6659 inhabitants.

Waletune, in Saxon times, was held by the crown. The manor was granted by the first Henry de Lacy, probably about 1130, to Robert Banastre, from whose family it passed in marriage to the Langtons, with whom it remained till the reign of Elizabeth, when it was made over to the Hoghton family.

Walton is distinguished as the scene of part of the great battle fought August 17th, 1648, between Cromwell and the Duke of Hamilton; and also for a gallant achievement performed in 1715 by General, or Parson, Wood, and his congregation, in defending the passage of the Ribble against the Scottish rebels. In 1701, the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl of Derwentwater, and other leaders of the Jacobites, incorporated themselves by the style of the “Mayor and Corporation of the ancient Borough of Walton,” and held their meetings in a small public house here, concealing their real motives under the guise of ludicrous transactions. They kept a register, a mace, a sword of state, and other mock insignia of office; and notwithstanding the diminution in the number of its members by the unsuccessful rebellion of 1715, the society existed till about fifty years since, when it was entirely dissolved.

The township adjoins the borough of Preston, to which it may be considered as suburban; and extends southward from the bank of the river Ribble, which is. here joined by the Darwen. It comprises 4239 acres, whereof the greater part is pasture, with a portion of arable, and of wood.

The eminence on which the chapel is built, commands a fine view of Ribble dale on one side, and the vale of the Darwen on the other. Both of the valleys are extremely picturesque, the banks of their respective rivers being steep, and richly clothed with wood. The background of the Ribble is formed by the high and extensive ranges of Longridge and Pendle; and that of the Darwen by Billinge Hill, and an abrupt elevation crowned with the ruins of Hoghton Tower, the ancient baronial residence of the Hoghtons.

There are four large cotton manufactories, of which the Flats mills of William Calvert, Esq., employ 400 hands, and the Moons mill of Messrs. James Livesey and Son 130 hands. In the township are also a cotton-printing concern, and an iron-foundry belonging to Robert Whittaker, Esq., established in 1800.

The Blackburn and Preston railway runs through Walton from east to west; and a tramroad, connecting the north and south levels of the Lancaster canal, traverses it in the same direction.

Among the seats are, Cooper Hill, that of Charles Swainson, Esq.; and Walton Lodge, of William Calrow, Esq. Walton Hall, long a seat of the Hoghton family, was pulled down in 1836; the park and gardens still remain.

The living is a perpetual curacy, with a net income of £156, and a house; patron, the Vicar of Blackburn. The tithes of the township have been commuted for £387. 3. 3. The chapel, dedicated to St. Leonard, is principally in the later English style, with a tower: in the chancel are a number of monuments, chiefly to members of the Hoghton family. At Bamber-Bridge (which see) is a second incumbency.

A school built in 1672 is endowed with about £16 per annum; and a national school, built in 1835, is supported by subscription.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Administration

  • County: Lancashire
  • Civil Registration District: Preston
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Manchester
  • Rural Deanery: Blackburn
  • Poor Law Union: Preston
  • Hundred: Blackburn
  • Province: York