Heskin

Heskin
Heskin Hall
Heskin  Heskin shown within Lancashire
Population	898 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SD515155
Civil parish	Heskin
District	Chorley
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHORLEY
Postcode district	PR7
Dialling code	01257
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Chorley
List of places UK England Lancashire

Coordinates: 53°37′59″N 2°44′02″W / 53.633°N 2.734°W

Heskin is a small village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 it has a population of 883 increasing to 898 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

Architecture

Heskin Hall

Heskin Hall dates back to 1548. The last people to occupy the hall as a residential home were Lord and Lady Lilford in the 1960s. Since then the hall has been used commercially for antique sales, and other uses including Blackburn College who have used it for training and educational purposes. The hall is now registered as a venue for weddings and civil ceremonies and has a restaurant to cater for the visitors to the Antique Centre and Garden Centre which opened in 2010.

Ghosts

The hall is said to be haunted by a young Catholic girl, and an older man. The pair are thought to be from the time of Oliver Cromwell who stayed at the hall on his travels. The young girl is said to have been sacrificed by a Catholic priest, who hung her as a sign that he had converted from Catholicism to Protestantism. Civil war soldiers where not convinced of his conversion so they hung him from the same spot as the young girl. Lady Lilford's guests in the 1960s are said to have swiftly departed from the house during a dinner party after experiencing a ghostly appearance of a resident ghost during their stay.^[2]

Geography

See also

• Listed buildings in Heskin

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 16 January 2016.
2. Karl, J (2006) "Haunted Placesof Lancashire - Heskin Hall", Pages 43-44.

External links

• Heskin chorley.gov.uk
• Heskin Hall