Lostock, Bolton

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Lostock
Lostock, Bolton (Greater Manchester)
Lostock, Bolton

Lostock shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference SD669088
Metropolitan borough Bolton
Metropolitan county Greater Manchester
Region North West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BOLTON
Postcode district BL6
Dialling code 01204
Police Greater Manchester
Fire Greater Manchester
Ambulance North West
European Parliament North West England
UK Parliament Bolton West
List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester

Coordinates: 53°34′30″N 2°30′04″W / 53.575, -2.501

Lostock is a mostly residential district of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It lies 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Bolton town centre and 18.1 miles (29.1 km) northwest of Manchester.[1]

Historically part of Lancashire, Lostock is bounded by Deane to the southeast, Markland Hill to the northeast and the Middlebrook development to the west.

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[edit] History

[edit] Toponymy

The etymology of Lostock is of doubtful origin. There have been several translations and various spellings of the names Lostock in toponymy books. One suggestion given is that the name derives from Old English hlose "pig, swine" and stoc, meaning farm, usually '-stock' or 'Stoke' in place-names, but here referring to a pigsty.

Another source suggested was that the name is derived from Celtic llostog "beaver", inferring that the village is on a stream where beavers could be found. Although some place-name books cite this as a possible etymology, their reasoning is due to the proliferation of Brythonic and Celtic place-names within Lancashire.[2]

[edit] Lostock Hall

Lostock Hall was an Elizabethan manor house. Built for the Anderton family, it was a half-timbered house with four overhanging gables. Over the entrance door were the initials CAD, representing for Christopher Anderton and his wife Dorothy, and the date 1563. Most of the rooms were wainscoted with many panels. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, the hall was used as a farmhouse. In 1816, part of the hall was pulled down, and the remainder was demolished in 1824.[3]

The gatehouse is all that now remains of the hall. The main front is of ashlar and the other three sides are covered with thin coursed rubble. The central arch was originally was open, which a man could ride through, is now built up with a doorway. Originally there were no windows on the ground floor, but two sash windows have been introduced between the Tuscan columns, one on each side of the door. The upper floor windows are flanked by pairs of widely-spaced Ionic and Corinthian columns. Above the first floor window is a square panel with the Anderton coat of arms, and above the second floor window is a shield bearing the royal arms of Queen Elizabeth I with the date 1591 and the royal initials E.R. For many years the gatehouse was also used as a farmhouse, but today is a private residence.[3]

[edit] Local Government

Lostock was a township in the ancient Parish of Bolton le Moors, in the hundred of Salford, Lancashire, England.

In 1837 Lostock joined with other townships (or civil parishes) in the area to form the Bolton Poor Law Union and took joint responsibility for the administration and funding of the Poor Law in that area.[4]

In 1866, Lostock became a civil parish,[5] and in 1894, it became part of the short lived Bolton Rural District, which was dissolved in 1898.[6]

Under the Bolton, Turton and Westhoughton Extension Act of 1898, Lostock ceased to be a civil parish and became part of the County Borough of Bolton.[7]

Today, Lostock is part of the Heaton and Lostock Ward, which is one of the twenty wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton. The ward has three councillors who are elected for up to four years and represent the Lostock and Heaton areas.[8]


[edit] Demography

[edit] Township population

Population of the township/civil parish of Lostock
Year 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891
Population
509
540
576
606
625
620
580
670
782
891
Source: Vision of Britain - Lostock Tn/CP: Total Population.

[edit] Ward population

In 1898, Lostock became part of the Deane-cum-Lostock Ward of the County Borough of Bolton. The ward's boundaries were used as a framework in censuses to enumerate the total population in that area of the county borough. No census took place in 1941 because of the Second World War.

Population of the Deane-cum-Lostock Ward
Year 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961 1971
Population
3,204
4,167
4,612
5,873
5,824
5,773
8,323
Source: Pauline Tatton, Local population statistics 1801-1986, Bolton Central Library.[9]

In 1974, Lostock became part of the Deane-cum-Heaton Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton. In the 2001 Census the ward had a population of 16,987.[10] In 2004, electoral ward changes took place which saw the creation of the present Heaton and Lostock Ward.[11]

[edit] Transport

[edit] Roads

Lostock is located north of junctions 5 and 6 of the M61 motorway. The main roads which run through Lostock are the A58 (Beaumont Road), the A673 (Chorley New Road), and the A6027 (De Havilland Way).

[edit] Railways

Lostock railway station was re-opened in 1988 and is served by Northern Rail who operate services on the Manchester to Preston Line.[12] The earlier railway station, then named Lostock Junction, had been opened in 1852, but was closed by the Beeching cuts in November 1966.[13]

[edit] Education

Lostock Primary School is situated on Glengarth Drive. Built in 1974, the school has a maximum of 210 pupils.[14]

[edit] Sports

The Chew Moor area is home to the football clubs Tempest United and Chew Moor Brooke (CMB). A more recent addition towards the Rumworth area is the youth teams of Ladybridge F.C which relocated there in 2003.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ The AA Route Planner. URL accessed 22 November 2007.
  2. ^ Photos and information about Lostock. URL accessed 22 November 2007.
  3. ^ a b British History Online: Lostock. URL accessed 1 December 2007.
  4. ^ Bolton Workhouse. URL accessed 22 November 2007.
  5. ^ Relationships / unit history of Lostock (Vision of Britain). URL accessed 22 November 2007.
  6. ^ A vision of Bolton Rural District (Vision of Britain). URL accessed 22 November 2007.
  7. ^ Bolton County Borough (boltonmuseums.org.uk). URL accessed 22 November 2007.
  8. ^ Heaton and Lostock Ward (PDF). URL accessed 22 November 2007.
  9. ^ Full reference: Pauline Tatton, Local population statistics 1801-1986, Bolton Central Library Archives, Le Mans Crescent, Bolton, BL1 1SE.
  10. ^ Office for National Statistics (2001 Census) Deane-Cum-Heaton (Ward). URL accessed 22 November 2007.
  11. ^ The Borough of Bolton (Electoral Changes) Order 2004. URL accessed 22 November 2007.
  12. ^ Park & Ride - Lostock rail station. URL accessed 22 November 2007.
  13. ^ Lostock and Chew Moor - Railways. URL accessed 22 November 2007.
  14. ^ Lostock Primary School. URL accessed 22 November 2007.

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