Weeton, 1934

A list of householders & farmers in Weeton, 1934.

 WEETON-WITH-PREESE

TOWNSHIP has a considerable village, 3 miles N.E. from Kirkham. It is in the parliamentary division of the Fylde, and in the Fylde county council division and Union. The parish council consists of five members. A cattle fair, of ancient standing, is held here on Trinity Monday and Tuesday. The township has an area of 2,971 acres, and the principal landowners are the Earl of Derby, and the Executors of T. H. Miller.

Population in 1841, 545 ; 1851, 465 ; 1861, 465 ;1871, 433 ; 1881, 425 ; 1891, 378 ; 1901, 374 ; and 1921, 361. Rateable value, £2,570.

PREESE HALL was the ancient seat of the Skilithorns, and was much damaged by fire in 1732, by which a loss of £1,374 was sustained, and the private chapel destroyed. In 1864 that portion of the mansion which had survived the conflagration, and had been repaired, was pulled down. The site is now occupied by a farm house, and is the property of the Exors. of T. H. Miller, Esq.

The CHURCH, dedicated to St. Michael, stands a short distance from the village, and was built in 1843 by subscription, to which the Earl of Derby was a liberal contributor. It was enlarged in 1852, and underwent in 1880 a thorough restoration at a cost of about £450, and a new organ was erected. The church is seated for 296 persons, and 146 of the sittings are free. The benefice is a vicarage, value about £300, in the patronage of the Vicar of Kirkham and held by the Rev. Robert W. M. Holme, M.A.

In 1861 this township was united with Greenhalgh, etc., and the two Plumptons to form an ecclesiastical parish.

The NATIONAL SCHOOL was erected in 1845 by subscription and a grant of £30 from the National Society, and it was rebuilt in 1886. It has an endowment of about £8 a year, and the interest of £190 left by Mrs. Dewhurst, of Kirkham. Average attendance, 60 children.

Parish Council.—R. G.Thompson, W. Ibbison, L. Threlfall„ W. H. Carter, and W. Dalton.
Rural District Councilor : Robert G. Thompson.

Post, Money Order and Telegraph Office at Mrs. Threlfall's. Letters, via Kirkham, arrive at 7-40 a.m., and are despatched at 9-20 a.m. and 6-30 p.m.