Hornby Lancashire Family History Guide
Hornby is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1741 from a chapelry in Melling Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Farleton.
Status: Ecclesiastical Parish
Parish church: St Margaret
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1742
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1742
Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HORNBY, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Melling parish, Lancashire. The village stands at the confluence of the Wenning and the Lune rivers, adjacent to the Little Northwestern railway, 8½ miles NE by E of Lancaster; is neatly built; commands beautiful scenery along the valleys; is sometimes visited by tourists; has a station on the railway, a post office under Lancaster, and an inn; is a seat of petty sessions; was formerly a market town; and has still cattle fairs on every alternate Tuesday of the summer months.
The township comprises 2,115 acres. Real property, £4,066. Pop., 317. Houses, 75.
The manor belonged, in the 12th century, to Nicholas de Montbegon; passed to the Stanleys, Lords Monteagle; and belongs now to John Foster, Esq. Hornby Castle, the manorial seat, was founded by N. de Montbegon; retains two towers built by one of the Lords Monteagle and by Lord Wemyss; has undergone recent extensive renovations and improvements; and stands on an eminence, overlooking the rich surrounding scenery. The estate was the subject of a famous litigation, called “the Great Will Cause,” begun in 1826. Hornby Hall is the seat of John Murray, Esq.
A Roman mound is near the Lune. A Premonstratensian priory, a cell to Croxton abbey, was anciently here; and was given, at the dissolution, to the Stanleys; and the remains of it are now a farm-house.
The chapelry was constituted a parish in 1859, and is larger than the township. Pop., 455. Houses, 98. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £130. Patron, John Foster, Esq. The church is ancient; has a chancel, and an octagonal tower, built by the first Lord Monteagle, after the battle of Flodden; and contains a tablet to Dr. Lingard, the historian. The shaft of an ancient cross is in the churchyard.
A small Roman Catholic chapel, to the W of the church, was served by Dr. Lingard.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Farleton
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
FARLETON, a township in Melling parish, Lancashire; near the river Lune, 8¼ miles NE of Lancaster. Acres, 1, 036. Real property, £1, 256. Pop., 75. Houses, 14.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland Gorton 1833
Farleton, co. Pal. of Lancaster.
P. T. Lancaster (240) 8m. NE b E. Pop. 91.
A township in the parish of Milling [sic] and hundred of Lonsdale, south of the sands. Here are the small remains of a castle, which in the fifteenth century was held by a younger branch of the Harrington family, but its founder, and the period of its erection, are not known.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. II; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.
Parish Registers
The Registers of Hornby 1742-1789
Marriage Licences and Allegations
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.
Hynnege, George, of St. Bride, Fleet Street, mercer, and Johanna Henley, spinster, of St. Andrew, Holborn, daughter of William Henley, of Hornbye, co. Lancaster, husbandman, deceased, gen. lic., 15 July, 1586. B.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Lancashire
- Civil Registration District: Lancaster
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Western Deaneries – Lonsdale
- Diocese: Manchester
- Rural Deanery: Tunstall
- Poor Law Union: Caton Gilbert Union
- Hundred: Lonsdale
- Province: York