| Description | PARISH SURVEY DATES
A list giving the order in which Parish Surveys were made for Baines' History of Lancashire. Edwin Butterworth's Field Notebooks (BUT/A), and his correspondence with Edward Baines (BUT/H/1/1), have been used for this dating. No correspondence exists for Parishes marked *
Salford Hundred
Rochdale - Jan 1831
Oldham - Feb 1831
Ashton-under-Lyne - Feb 1831
Middleton - Mar 1831
Prestwich - Mar 1831
Manchester - 1832
Bury - Apr 1833
Bolton - May 1833
Radcliffe - May 1833
Dean - Jun 1833
Flixton - Jun 1833
Eccles - Jun-Dec 1833
Blackburn Hundred
Blackburn - Apr 1833
Whalley - Jul-Aug 1833 (Includes Colne and Clitheroe)
New Church, Pendle Forest, Padiham, Altham, Church - Oct 1833
Ribchester - Oct 1833
Chipping - Nov 1833
Mitton - Nov 1833
Leyland Hundred
Standish - Dec 1833
Chorley - Dec 1833
Eccleston - Feb 1834
Croston - Feb 1834
Penwortham - Mar 1834
Hoole - Mar 1834
* Brindle - ?1833
* Leyland - ?1833
* Rufford - ?1833
* Tarleton - ?1833
West Derby Hundred
Butterworth was instructed to proceed with West Derby Hundred at a leisurley pace, 11 Apr 1834
Leigh - May 1834
Winwick - May 1834
Prescot - Aug 1834
Warrington - Aug 1834
Wigan - Sep 1834
Huyton - Oct 1834
Childwall - Oct 1834
Walton-on-the-Hill - Nov 1834
Ormskirk - Dec 1834
Halsall - Dec 1834
Sephton - Jan 1835
Aughton - Jan 1835
Altcar - Jan 1835
North Meols - Jan 1835
Liverpool and Toxteth Park - Feb 1835
Amounderness Hundred
Preston - Apr 1835
Lytham - May 1835
Bispham - May 1835
Poulton-le-Fylde - May 1835
Kirkham - Jun 1835
Garstang - Jun 1835
St Michael's - Aug 1835
Lonsdale Hundred
Cockerham - Aug 1835
Lancaster - Sep 1835
Hawkshead - Nov 1835
Coulton - Nov 1835
Cartmel - Nov 1835
Ulverston - Jan 1836
Kirby Ireleth - Jan 1836
Pennington - Jan 1836
Dalton - Feb 1836
Aldingham - Feb 1836
Urswick - Feb 1836
Heysham - Feb 1836
Baines instructed Butterworth to complete the remaining parishes before Aug 1836, travelling from south to north.
* Bolton-le-Sands - 1836
* Claughton - 1836
* Halton - 1836
* Melling - 1836
* Tunstall - 1836
* Warton - 1836
* Whittington - 1836
Correspondence (BUT/H/1/1) shows that completed 'Notes' for the following parishes were received by Edward Baines, but not field notes survive with the collection:
Childwall including Croxteth Park (West Derby Hundred)
Croston (Leyland Hundred)
Eccleston (Leyland Hunderd)
Flixton (Salford Hundered)
INDEX OF MODERN PLACE NAMES
An index of modern place names mentioned in the Parish Survey for the Baines' "History of Lancashire"
Place name Parish Hundered
Accrington Whalley Blackburn
Aintree Septon West Derby
Altcar North Meols West Derby
Ashton-in-Makerfield Winwick West Derby
Aughton North Meols West Derby
Barrow Hawkshead Lonsdale
Barrow Kirkby Ireleth Lonsdale
Barrow-in-Furness Dalton Lonsdale
Blackpool Bispham Amounderness
Burnley Whalley Blackburn
Carnforth Warton Lonsdale
Clitheroe Whalley Blackburn
Colone Whalley Blackburn
Colton Coulton Lonsdale
Crosby Sephton West Derby
Dalton Adlington Lonsdale
Down Holland Halsall West Derby
Farnworth Dean Salford
Garstang Lancaster Amounderness
Grange-over-Sands Cartmel Lonsdale
Great Eccleston St Michael le Wyre Amounderness
Great Sankey Prescot West Derby
Haslingden Whalley Blackburn
Haydock Winwick West Derby
Hesketh Penwortham Leyland
Hoole Penwortham Leyland
Horwich Dean Salford
Kearsley Dean Salford
Lancaster Halton Lonsdale
Liverpool Toxteth Park West Derby
Lowton Winwick West Derby
Lydiate Halsall West Derby
Maghull Halsall West Derby
Melling Halsall West Derby
Morecombe Heysham Lonsdale
Mossley Ashton-under-Lyne Salford
Newton-le-Willows Winwick West Derby
Ormskirk Aughton West Derby
Padiham Whalley Blackburn
Parbold Standish Leyland
Penketh Prescot West Derby
Preston (Fullwood) Lancaster Amounderness
Rainford Prescot West Derby
Rainhill Prescot West Derby
Rufford Penwortham Leyland
St Helens Prescot West Derby
Sefton Altcar West Derby
Sefton Sephton West Derby
Southport North Meols West Derby
Staleybridge Ashton-under-lyne Salford
Standish Chorley Leyland
Tarleton Penwortham Leyland
Tatham Tunstall Lonsdale
Toxteth Park Liverpool West Derby
Tunstall Tatham Lonsdale
Westhoughton Dean Salford
Whiston Prescot West Derby
Widnes Prescot West Derby
Worsley Eccles Salford
Wrightington Standish Leyland |