Longton, Lancashire

Description
Longton, a village, a township, and a parochial chapelry in Lancashire. The village stands adjacent to the head of the Kibble's estuary, 5 miles SW of Preston; is about 2 miles long; has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Preston, and has two stations on the West Lancashire railway, one at Longton Bridge and the other at Howick. The township comprises part ofWalmer Bridge, and contains 3153 acres of land and 506 of water, and is in the Penwortham parish. Population, 1333. By the Parish Councils Act it has a parish council of seven members. The chapelry comprises part of the townships of Longton and Hutton. Mailing is largely carried on, and there are two breweries. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Manchester; net value, £165 with residence. The church, erected in 1887, replaced one built in 1770. It is a building of stone in the Early Gothic style, and consists of chancel and clerestoried nave, with aisles and a turret. There are Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, and Roman Catholic chapels. There is a school chapel at New Longton.