Livesey Explained

53.7222°N -2.5168°WLivesey 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.

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,[1] other major roads in the parish are the A6062 Livesey Branch Road and the A674 Preston Old Road. Livesey Hall, built in 1605[2] was situated in the Cherry Tree area but was demolished in 1968.[3] Brief attempts to mine coal in a field to the west of the site of the Hall were made between 1854 and 1859.[4] [5] All that remains to be seen of this endeavour is the cap of one of the shafts.[6] [7] The parish formed one parish with Tockholes until 1688.[8]

The Anglican parish church of St Andrew was founded in 1877.[9] Services are every Sunday at 9.30.[10]

New Row Methodist church was founded in 1828.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Map of Livesey Civil Parish . Lancashire County Council . 8 March 2008.
  2. Web site: Lancashire Parish Portal . Lancashire County Council . 8 March 2008.
  3. Web site: Livesey Old Hall . 8 May 2016 . Cotton Town.
  4. Web site: Coal Mining in Cherry Tree . cottontown.org . Cotton Town . Gordon Hartley . 9 May 2016.
  5. Web site: Livesey Hall Colliery . https://web.archive.org/web/20120213075144/http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageID=2593&Language=eng&CFID=1298796&CFTOKEN=34657483&bDisplayImagesOnly=false&bDisplaySearchType=false&bSearchAllMetaData=true&bSearchContent=true&bSearchPhrase=true&bSearchTextOnPage=true&iSearchResultItemPage=2593&iSearchResultSummaryPage=2592&iTermsAndConditionsPage=316&liexcludefileTypes=&liexcludeflashTypes=&liexcludeimageTypes=3&liexcludeTextTypes=15&ResourceTypes=IMAGE%2CTEXT%2CPAGE%2CFILE%2CFLASH&resultItemTableClass=ResultItem&resultListTableClass=ResultsList&SearchLanguage=eng&SearchMetaDataFields=description%2Ccontent&SearchNimoiFields=localName%2Cdescript&SearchNimoiPageFields=page_name%2Cpage_title&SiteIDList=10&SiteList=CT&textLinkClass=myLinks&ValidatedSearchLanguage=120&SearchString=Livesey%20Hall&SearchImageOnly=false&SearchPhrase=true&zType=IMAGE&zUUID=cee698fc-c8ac-40e8-8075-bc689bdaa347 . 13 February 2012 . Cotton Town . 8 May 2016.
  6. Web site: Coal Mining in Cherry Tree . Cotton Town . https://web.archive.org/web/20120213075229/http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageID=2593&Language=eng&CFID=1298796&CFTOKEN=34657483&bDisplayImagesOnly=false&bDisplaySearchType=false&bSearchAllMetaData=true&bSearchContent=true&bSearchPhrase=true&bSearchTextOnPage=true&iSearchResultItemPage=2593&iSearchResultSummaryPage=2592&iTermsAndConditionsPage=316&liexcludefileTypes=&liexcludeflashTypes=&liexcludeimageTypes=3&liexcludeTextTypes=15&ResourceTypes=IMAGE%2CTEXT%2CPAGE%2CFILE%2CFLASH&resultItemTableClass=ResultItem&resultListTableClass=ResultsList&SearchLanguage=eng&SearchMetaDataFields=description%2Ccontent&SearchNimoiFields=localName%2Cdescript&SearchNimoiPageFields=page_name%2Cpage_title&SiteIDList=10&SiteList=CT&textLinkClass=myLinks&ValidatedSearchLanguage=120&SearchString=Livesey%20Hall&SearchImageOnly=false&SearchPhrase=true&zType=TEXT&zUUID=d7b5b3c3-8aeb-4ca6-9f7f-b3e68dad51dd . 13 February 2012 . 29 April 2009.
  7. Web site: The site of Livesey Hall Colliery in 1999 . Cotton Town . https://web.archive.org/web/20120213075314/http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageID=2593&Language=eng&CFID=1298796&CFTOKEN=34657483&bDisplayImagesOnly=false&bDisplaySearchType=false&bSearchAllMetaData=true&bSearchContent=true&bSearchPhrase=true&bSearchTextOnPage=true&iSearchResultItemPage=2593&iSearchResultSummaryPage=2592&iTermsAndConditionsPage=316&liexcludefileTypes=&liexcludeflashTypes=&liexcludeimageTypes=3&liexcludeTextTypes=15&ResourceTypes=IMAGE%2CTEXT%2CPAGE%2CFILE%2CFLASH&resultItemTableClass=ResultItem&resultListTableClass=ResultsList&SearchLanguage=eng&SearchMetaDataFields=description%2Ccontent&SearchNimoiFields=localName%2Cdescript&SearchNimoiPageFields=page_name%2Cpage_title&SiteIDList=10&SiteList=CT&textLinkClass=myLinks&ValidatedSearchLanguage=120&SearchString=Livesey%20Hall&SearchImageOnly=false&SearchPhrase=true&zType=IMAGE&zUUID=3729f4ec-70c7-497b-ba0e-161c9f29e75d . 13 February 2012 . 29 April 2009.
  8. Web site: Tockholes-cum-Livesey . Livesay Historical Society . https://web.archive.org/web/20090607040838/http://lhsociety.org/Tockholes-cum-Livesey.html . 7 June 2009 . 29 April 2009.
  9. Web site: St Andrew Church of England, Livesey, Lancashire . GENUKI . 1 May 2016 . 8 May 2016.
  10. Web site: St Andrew, Livesey All Age Centre, BB2 4QR, Blackburn . achurchnearyou.com . 9 May 2016.
  11. Web site: Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project - District of Blackburn . Lan-opc.org.uk . Ernest Ford . May 1968 . 8 May 2016.

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