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| | GENUKI: Standish, Lancashire genealogy |
 | | "STANDISH is a township, parish and village, in the hundred and deanery of Leyland, and in the archdeaconry of Chester, three miles N.N.W. of Wigan. |
 | | In 1835 the parish of Standish contained the townships of Standish and Langtree, Charnock Richard, Welch Whittle, Duxbury, Coppull, Heath Charnock, Shevington, Anderton, Adlington and Worthington. |
 | | For probate purposes prior to 1858, Standish was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester. |
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