New Row Methodist Church, Livesey, near Blackburn - geograph

Livesey is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the

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borough of Blackburn with Darwen, in the ceremonial county of

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...

, 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 settlers in the mid-5th c ...

''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 The River Darwen runs through Darwen and Blackburn in Lancashire, England, eventually joining the River Ribble at Walton le Dale south of Preston on its way to the Ribble Estuary. Course Originating at Jack's Key Clough where Grain Brook and Gra ...

Location

Lying to the south west of

Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...

, 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 Public housing in the United Kingdom, also known as council estates, council housing, or social housing, provided the majority of rented accommodation until 2011 when the number of households in private rental housing surpassed the number in so ...

, is outside the parish. The southern boundary follows the route of the

M65 motorway The M65 is a motorway in Lancashire, England. It runs from just south of Preston through the major junction of the M6 and M61 motorways, east past Darwen, Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley, Brierfield, Nelson and ends at Colne. History The ...

, 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

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

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

Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...

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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