New Row Methodist Church, Livesey, near Blackburn - geograph

Livesey is a civil parish in the unitary borough of

Blackburn with Darwen Blackburn with Darwen is a borough and unitary authority area in Lancashire, North West England. It consists of the industrial town of Blackburn and the market town of Darwen including other villages around the two towns. Formation It was fou ...

, in the

ceremonial county The counties and areas for the purposes of the lieutenancies, also referred to as the lieutenancy areas of England and informally known as ceremonial counties, are areas of England to which lords-lieutenant are appointed. Legally, the areas i ...

of Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 6,202.

Etymology

Its name likeliest came from

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

''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 Feniscowles is a village in the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It lies approximately west of Blackburn, in the civil parish of Livesey. Description The village is primarily a suburb of Blackburn, off Preston ...

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

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

parish church of St Andrew was founded in 1877. Services are every Sunday at 9.30. New Row Methodist church was founded in 1828.

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Livesey Lancashire through time
Vision of Britain Geography of Blackburn with Darwen Local government in Blackburn with Darwen Civil parishes in Lancashire {{Lancashire-geo-stub

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