Rixton-with-Glazebrook, Lancashire

Rixton-with-Glazebrook, Lancashire

In 1870-2, "RIXTON, a township and a sub-district in Warrington parish and district, Lancashire. The township lies5½ miles E by N of Warrington, and bears the name of Rixton-with-Glazebrook. Acres, 2, 840. Real property, £4, 298. Pop., 752. Houses, 151. There are a Roman Catholic chapel, and charities £9.—The sub-district contains also two other townships. Acres, 5, 517. Pop., 1, 920. Houses, 379."

In 1974 there was a boundary change and Rixton-with-Glazebrook was annexed to Cheshire.

Sources:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rixton, in Warrington and Lancashire. A Vision of Britain Through Time. 2014. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10776.

the community of Rixton-with-Glazebrook. "Explore Rixton-with-Glazebrook's history". A Vision of Britain Through Time. 2014. http://www.rixtonwithglazebrook.net/history.php.

Rixton with Glazebrook

Over the course of 132 years, the Rixton family may have been in possession as early as the beginning of Henry I's reign. Little can be discovered concerning them; the name Alan de Rixton occurs from 1200 to 1332, so that several successive lords of the manor must have borne it.

If one reads footnote 8 under Rixton with Glazebrook and breaks it down it appears that there were at least 6 Alan de Rixtons.

'Townships: Rixton with Glazebrook', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3 (1907), pp. 334-340. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41342&strquery=rixton Date accessed: 12 November 2014

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