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Hesketh Bank

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Hesketh Bank
Hesketh Bank is located in the Borough of West Lancashire
Hesketh Bank
Hesketh Bank
Location in West Lancashire
Hesketh Bank is located in Lancashire
Hesketh Bank
Hesketh Bank
Location within Lancashire
Population4,041 (2011)
OS grid referenceSD439238
Civil parish
  • Hesketh with Becconsall
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPRESTON
Postcode districtPR4
Dialling code01772
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Lancashire
53°42′29″N 2°50′56″W / 53.708°N 2.849°W / 53.708; -2.849

Hesketh Bank is a village in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Southport and 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Preston. The village is within the civil parish of Hesketh-with-Becconsall, which includes the village of Becconsall immediately to the south and which borders the Ribble Estuary to the north. The parish had a population of 4,187 at the 2021 Census.[1] Hesketh Bank, Becconsall, and the village of Tarleton to the south form a single built-up area with a population of 8,755.[2]

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Etymology

Hesketh was first recorded in 1288 as Heschath.[3] The name is derived either from Old Norse hest shei meaning "race course",[3][4] or from a plural of the Welsh hesg, meaning "sedges".[4]

History

The village of Hesketh is known to have existed in the 13th century.[5] Hesketh Bank had a substantial brick-making industry using the local boulder clay, bricks being transported by the West Lancashire Railway which opened in 1878.[6]

Due to its geographical location, close to the cities of Preston and Liverpool, the village suffered during the Second World War. Stray bombs hit the old church in 1943, and landed along Becconsall Lane, causing extensive damage to the housing there.

Landmarks

Becconsall Old Church in April 2010
Pub

The village has some architectural gems such as Becconsall Old Church which was hit by bomb shrapnel during World War II, All Saints Church on Station Road replaced the old church and is of some architectural significance as is the Becconsall Public House, which shut in June 2009. It has now been redeveloped as housing, keeping the name alive as Becconsall Gardens.

The West Lancashire Light Railway is a narrow gauge railway that is located in Hesketh Bank at the site of the former brick works, near but not on the line of the former railway.[7]

Geography

Hesketh Bank lies just to the north of the larger village of Tarleton and the village of Banks (North Meols).

Economy

Booths store under construction April 2010 on the railway station site

Due to the village's position on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain it has a rich soil, suitable for the farming of flowers and vegetables - this is still the main economic activity in the area.

A Booths supermarket opened on 11 November 2010.

Transport

The village is located just off the A59 Preston to Liverpool road and the A565 Southport Road has meant it has also developed as a commuter town.

Hesketh Bank railway station was once a stop on the West Lancashire Railway, which ran between Preston and Southport. The railway opened in 1878[8] was closed almost a century later, in 1964. The station site is now occupied by a housing estate.

Leisure

Hesketh Bank Football Club in April 2010

The village is home to football, cricket, badminton and crown green bowls clubs, the Hesketh Bank Silver Band and the West Lancashire Light Railway.

See also

References

  1. ^ "PP002 - Sex - Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics". Nomis. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b Ekwall, Eilert (1922). The Place Names Of Lancashire. Manchester University Press. p. 87.
  4. ^ a b "The place-names of England and Wales". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  5. ^ "The Village". Hesketh-with-Becconsall Parish Council. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  6. ^ Fairhurst, Graham. "Hesketh Bank Brickworks: a short history of brickmaking at Hesketh Bank" (PDF). Hesketh-and-Becconsall Parish Council. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Visitor info: Where We Are". West Lancs Railway. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  8. ^ Fairhurst, Graham J. "A Short History of Brick Making at Hesketh Bank".

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