Mellor, Lancashire

Description
Mellor, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Blackburn parish, Lancashire. The village stands 2 1/4 miles NW of Blackburn station on the L. & Y.R. and the L. & N.W.R. The township contains also part of the hamlet of Mellor Brook, which has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Blackburn. Acreage, 1744; population, 1138. Mellor House is a chief residence. Mellor Moor has traces of a Roman camp, and commands a fine view to the Irish Sea. There are stone quarries and some mineral springs. There is a cotton mill at Mellor and also at Mellor Brook. The ecclesiastical parish includes also the township of Ramsgrave, and was constituted in 1841. Population, 1377. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester; gross value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Blackburn. The church was built in 1829 at a cost of over £5000, is in the Pointed style, and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and lofty spire, There is a Wesleyan chapel.