Livesey

53.7222°N 2.5168°W / 53.7222; -2.5168

New Row Methodist Church

For other uses, see Livesey (disambiguation).

Livesey is a civil parish in the unitary borough of Blackburn with Darwen, in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 6,202.[1]

Etymology

Its name likeliest came from Old English Lēofes īeg = "Lēof's island" or Lēofsiges īeg = "Lēofsige's island", where, as often in place names of Old English origin, "island" here means "low-lying flat land by a river" (here the River Darwen).

Location

Lying to the south west of Blackburn, Livesey contains most of the suburb of Cherry Tree, including its railway station and the majority of the village of Feniscowles. Despite the name of the parish, most of the suburb of Livesey, including the council estate, is outside the parish. The southern boundary follows the route of the M65 motorway,[2] other major roads in the parish are the A6062 Livesey Branch Road and the A674 Preston Old Road. Livesey Hall, built in 1605[3] was situated in the Cherry Tree area but was demolished in 1968.[4] Brief attempts to mine coal in a field to the west of the site of the Hall were made between 1854 and 1859.[5][6] All that remains to be seen of this endeavour is the cap of one of the shafts.[7][8] The parish formed one parish with Tockholes until 1688.[9]

The Anglican parish church of St Andrew was founded in 1877.[10] Services are every Sunday at 9.30.[11]

New Row Methodist church was founded in 1828.[12]

See also

References
  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Livesey Parish (1170211125)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. "Map of Livesey Civil Parish". Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 8 March 2008.
  3. "Lancashire Parish Portal". Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 8 March 2008.
  4. "Livesey Old Hall". Cotton Town. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  5. Gordon Hartley. "Coal Mining in Cherry Tree". cottontown.org. Cotton Town. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  6. "Livesey Hall Colliery". Cotton Town. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  7. "Coal Mining in Cherry Tree". Cotton Town. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  8. "The site of Livesey Hall Colliery in 1999". Cotton Town. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  9. "Tockholes-cum-Livesey". Livesay Historical Society. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  10. "St Andrew Church of England, Livesey, Lancashire". GENUKI. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  11. "St Andrew, Livesey All Age Centre, BB2 4QR, Blackburn". achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  12. Ernest Ford (May 1968). "Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project - District of Blackburn". Lan-opc.org.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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