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| Population | 23,392 |
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| District | West Lancashire |
| Shire county | Lancashire |
| Region | North West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ORMSKIRK |
| Postcode district | L39 |
| Dialling code | 01695 |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | West Lancashire |
| List of places: UK • England • Lancashire | |
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Geography and administration
Ormskirk lies on sloping ground on the side of a ridge, whose highest point is 68 metres (223 ft) above sea-level, at the centre of the West Lancashire Plain,[1] and has been described as a "planned borough", laid out in the thirteenth century. The West Lancashire Coastal Plain is a large area in the south west of Lancashire, England. [2]
Ormskirk is an unparished area, surrounded by the parishes of Bickerstaffe, Aughton, Scarisbrick, Burscough and Lathom, and the unparished town of Skelmersdale. In England, an unparished area is an area that is not covered by a Civil parish. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. Bickerstaffe is a village and Civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. Aughton is a village and Civil parish within the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England, situated Scarisbrick (commonly pronounced as "Scays-brick" is a Village and Civil parish in West Lancashire, England. Burscough (pronounced Burs/co is a Village and Civil parish within West Lancashire, in North West England, to the north Lathom is a village and Civil parish in Lancashire, England, about 5 km northeast of Ormskirk. Skelmersdale is a town in West Lancashire, England. It lies on high-ground on the River Tawd, to the northeast of Liverpool, south-southwest [3]
The town is located in the district of West Lancashire and is the site of the headquarters of West Lancashire District Council. Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially ' shire districts', are a type of local government district in England. West Lancashire is a local government district of Lancashire, England. It is home to Edge Hill University. Edge Hill University is situated in Ormskirk in Lancashire, England.
History
The name ‘Ormskirk’ is Old Norse in origin and is derived from Ormres kirkja, from a personal name, Ormr (which means "serpent" or dragon), and the Old Norse word for church. Old Norse is the North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age Serpent is a word of Latin origin (from serpens serpentis "something that creeps snake" that is commonly used in a specifically mythic or European dragons are Legendary creatures in Folklore and Mythology among the overlapping cultures of Europe. [2] Ormr may have been a Viking who settled here, became a Christian and founded the church but there are no other records or archeological evidence to support this and Ormr's identity is unknown. A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos
There is no reference to Ormskirk in the Domesday Book of 1086 but it has been suggested that it may have been part of Lathom at that time. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey Lathom is a village and Civil parish in Lancashire, England, about 5 km northeast of Ormskirk. In about 1189, the lord of Lathom granted the church of Ormskirk to Burscough Priory, which does suggest that Ormskirk had been subordinate to Lathom before that date. Burscough Priory, located at Burscough, Lancashire, England, was founded in 1186 by Robert Fitz-Henry Lord of Lathom, and named after the [2]
The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul is believed to be on the site of the original kirk, on a sandstone outcrop, and is the oldest building in the town. A parish church, in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a Parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches Paul the apostle (שאול התרסי Šaʾul HaTarsi, meaning " Saul of Tarsus " Σαούλ Saul and Σαῦλος Saulos and Sandstone is a Sedimentary rock composed mainly of Sand -size Mineral or rock grains. Its exact age is unknown; the building does contain some fragments of Norman architecture. For other buildings in Normandy see Architecture of Normandy.
The Parish Church has many connections with the Earls of Derby and the Stanley family. Earl of Derby is a title in the Peerage of England. The title was first adopted by Robert de Ferrers 1st Earl of Derby under a creation of 1139 Many family members are buried in the church's Derby Chapel, including Thomas Stanley, the first Earl, who caused Richard III to lose his crown by changing sides at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, and the Royalist James Stanley, the seventh Earl, who was beheaded at Bolton in 1651 after the Civil War. Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby KG ( 1435 - July 29, 1504) was King of Mann and an English nobleman and stepfather Richard III ( 2 October 1452 &ndash 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death The Battle of Bosworth or Bosworth Field ( 22 August, 1485) was Lancastrian Henry Tudor's defeat of Yorkist Richard Cavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I during the English Civil War ( 1642 &ndash 1651 James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby KG ( January 31, 1607 &ndash October 15, 1651) was a supporter of the Royalist cause in Bolton ( is a large town in Greater Manchester, in the North West region of England. The English Civil War (1642-1651 was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists. His body is buried in one coffin and his head in a separate casket.
This is one of only three parish churches in England to have a tower and a spire, and is unique in that it has both at the same end of the building. Position in the Church of England In England, there are parish churches for both the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church. (The other two are at Purton and Wanborough, both villages near Swindon, in Wiltshire). Purton is a large village in North Wiltshire with a current population of about 4000 Wanborough is a village to the south-east of Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. Swindon ( is a large town in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire in the South West of England, midway between Bristol (64 km / 40 miles Etymology The county formerly 'Wiltonshire' or 'Wiltunscir' (9th century is named after the former county town of Wilton (itself named after the River Wylye Legend has it that Orme had two sisters, one who wanted a tower and one who wanted a spire, and Orme built both to please both. Regrettably, the truth is not so romantic. The 'steeple' dates from the early fifteenth century, but the original blew down in 1731 and was rebuilt between 1790 and 1832. The large west tower was added to the church around 1548 to house the bells of nearby Burscough Priory following the dissolution of the monasteries. The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the formal process between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded One of these bells can still be seen in the church.
An open market is held twice-weekly, on Thursdays and Saturdays, in the pedestrianised centre of Ormskirk. The location was originally the junction of the main roads to Preston, Liverpool and Wigan, and was marked by a market cross until it was replaced by the current clock tower in the nineteenth century. Preston ( ˈprɛstən is a city and local government district in Lancashire, England, located on the River Ribble. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Wigan is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas, south of Preston, west-northwest of Manchester A market cross is a structure used to mark a Market square in Market towns originally from Western European Architecture. A clock tower is a Tower built with one or more (often four Clock faces. The market was established by a Royal Charter that was granted by Edward I of England in 1286 to the monks of Burscough Priory. A Royal Charter is a Charter granted by the Sovereign on the advice of the Privy council to legitimize an incorporated body such as a city company Edward I (17 June 1239 – 7 July 1307 popularly known as Longshanks, was a King of England who achieved historical fame by conquering large parts of Wales and almost Burscough Priory, located at Burscough, Lancashire, England, was founded in 1186 by Robert Fitz-Henry Lord of Lathom, and named after the Thursday has been market day in Ormskirk since at least 1292. The King also granted a borough charter to Ormskirk at about the same time, but this seems to have become extinct by the end of the fifteenth century. [2]
The Ormskirk Poor Law Union was established in 1837, covering 21 parishes and townships from Tarleton to Simonswood, and from Birkdale to Skelmersdale. A Poor Law Union was a unit used for local government in the United Kingdom from the 19th century Tarleton is an English village situated in the Lancashire marshlands near Southport, and to the south of Preston. Simonswood is a Civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. Birkdale is a village and district in the southern part of the Conurbation of the town of Southport, within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton Ormskirk Union Workhouse was built in 1853 on Wigan Road and later became Ormskirk District General Hospital. [4]
Transport
The A59 is the main road, with Preston to the north and Liverpool to the south. The A59 is a major road in the United Kingdom that runs from Liverpool in Merseyside, to York in North Yorkshire. Preston ( ˈprɛstən is a city and local government district in Lancashire, England, located on the River Ribble. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary The A570, from Southport, crosses the town from west to east and provides a link to the national motorway network at junction 3 of the M58, about three miles from the town centre. The A570 is a Primary route in northern England, that runs from St Helens to Southport. Southport is a seaside town on the Irish Sea coast situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in England, UK. Motorway is a term for both a type of Road and a classification or designation The M58 is a Motorway in Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside, England.
The town's railway station is the northern terminus of Merseyrail, and the line continues, with a change from electric to diesel multiple units, through to Preston. Ormskirk railway station is situated in the town of Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. Merseyrail is the name given to the electric metro-style commuter Train network centred on Liverpool in the metropolitan county of Merseyside Preston ( ˈprɛstən is a city and local government district in Lancashire, England, located on the River Ribble. This line was promoted by the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway in August 1846, but was completed by the East Lancashire Railway. Liverpool, Ormskirk & Preston Railway, was formed in 1846. It was purchased by East Lancashire Railway. The route and Ormskirk station opened on 2 April 1849, the undertaking being merged into the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on 13 May 1859. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway built the Skelmersdale Branch line to Skelmersdale and Rainford Junction, which opened on 1 March 1858. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. The Skelmersdale Branch (SKE connected the Liverpool Ormskirk and Preston Railway at Ormskirk with Skelmersdale, Rainford Junction with the Skelmersdale is a town in West Lancashire, England. It lies on high-ground on the River Tawd, to the northeast of Liverpool, south-southwest Rainford is a village in North West England, five miles north of the town of St Helens in Merseyside. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Passenger services ended on 5 November 1956, goods to Rainford Junction finished on 16 November 1961 and to Skelmersdale on 4 November 1963. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rainford is a village in North West England, five miles north of the town of St Helens in Merseyside. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Local economy
Ormskirk is now mainly a retail centre, which also has a number of bars and restaurants. A bar (also called a Pub or Tavern) is a business that serves drinks especially Alcoholic beverages such as beer liquor and mixed drinks for consumption A restaurant is a retail establishment that serves prepared Food to Customers.
There is a Tesco on Church Street and a Morrisons on Park Road, formerly home to the local gasworks and local Rover/Austin Morris car dealership (Balmforths). Tesco plc is a British -based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC ( is the fourth largest chain of Supermarkets in the United Kingdom. A new Marks & Spencer food store has also been opened. Marks & Spencer Group plc (also M&S, Marks and Sparks, and Marks) is a British Retailer with 843 stores in more than 30 There is a small retail park with a McDonalds, an Argos catalogue store, and an Aldi supermarket, in a shopping development known as Two Saints in honour of the aforementioned Church. Argos is the largest general-goods Retailer in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland with over 700 stores For similarly named settlements see Aldie, short for " AL brecht DI scount" is a Discount Supermarket Ormskirk also has an indoor market situated on Moor Street.
The Arriba bar now stands at the west end of the indoor market on the site of an earlier bar called the Brahms and Liszt, itself converted from Ormskirk's last cinema, The Pavilion.
The only significant manufacturing business remaining in Ormskirk, in 2007, is Atkinson & Kirby, who make hardwood floors, employing 80 people. Manufacturing (from Latin manu factura, "making by hand" is the use of tools and labor to make things for use or sale The term hardwood is used to describe Wood from broad-leaved angiosperm Trees mostly Deciduous, but not necessarily in the case of tropical [5] Other businesses in the town are mainly professional and financial services, such as solicitors, estate agents, architects and accountants. A "solicitor" is a term used in many Common law jurisdictions for a lawyer who offers legal services outside of the courts Estate Agent is a British English term for a person or business that arranges the selling renting or management of Homes land and other An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction An accountant is a practitioner of Accountancy, which is the measurement disclosure or provision of assurance about financial information that helps managers investors
Education
Ormskirk School (ages 11-18) is on Wigan Road in the east of the town, situated on a site formerly home to the demolished Cross Hall High School. Ormskirk School is a secondary comprehensive in West Lancashire, England, being created in September 2001 by the amalgamation of two Ormskirk School is the result of a merger between Ormskirk Grammar School and Cross Hall High School. St Bede's Catholic High School (ages 11-16) is on St Anne's Road next to the A59 and Prescot Road, and conveniently opposite St Anne's church. Edge Hill University is on the A570 St Helens Road heading east. Edge Hill University is situated in Ormskirk in Lancashire, England. St Helens ( is a large town in Merseyside, England It is the largest settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens with a population of just over 100000 Skelmersdale & Ormskirk Colleges (further education) have a site in the town centre on Hants Lane. Ormskirk is also home to a public library.
Notable connections
Members of Parliament for Ormskirk
- James Bell
- Ronald Cross
- Douglas Glover
- Robert Kilroy-Silk
- Stephen King-Hall
- James Salter
- Harold Soref
- Arthur Stanley
- Harold Wilson
Other connections
- Jon Culshaw, born, impressionist
- Duncan Ferguson, lives, footballer
- James Hopwood Jeans, born, physicist, astronomer and mathematician
- Stuart Maconie, student, TV Presenter
- Nicholas Monsarrat, lived, novelist
- Tony Morley, born, England and Aston Villa footballer
- Jimmy O'Neill, lived, Irish international footballer[6]
- Les Pattinson, born, former member of Echo & the Bunnymen
- Jonathan Pryce, student, Actor
- Robbie Slater, born, Australian footballer
- John Souch, born, seventeenth century painter
- Stephen Warnock, born, England and Blackburn Rovers footballer
Gallery
 The Beaconsfield monument on Moor Street. James Bell (1872 &ndash 28 December 1955) British Labour politician Sir Ronald Hibbert Cross 1st Baronet, KCMG, KCVO, PC ( May 9, 1896 – June 3, 1968) was a British Douglas Glover ( 13 February 1908 &ndash 15 January 1982) British Conservative politician Robert Michael Kilroy-Silk (born 19 May 1942) is an English Politician, independent Member of the European Parliament and a former Sir William Stephen Richard King-Hall Baron King-Hall of Headley ( 21 January 1893 - 1 June 1966) was a British journalist politician James Arthur Salter 1st Baron Salter, GBE, KCB, PC ( 15 March 1881 &ndash 27 June 1975) was a British Harold Benjamin Soref ( 18 December 1916 &ndash 14 March 1993) was twice a Conservative parliamentary candidate before being Sir Arthur Stanley, GCVO, GBE, CB ( 18 November 1869 &ndash 4 November 1947) was a British Conservative James Harold Wilson Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 &ndash 24 May 1995 was one of the most prominent British politicians Jonathan Peter Culshaw (born 2 June 1968 in Ormskirk, Lancashire) is a British impressionist and Comedian Duncan Ferguson (born 27 December 1971 in Stirling) is a Scottish former professional football player who now lives in Majorca Sir James Hopwood Jeans OM FRS MA DSc ScD LLD ( September 11 1877 in Ormskirk, Lancashire &ndash September Stuart John Maconie (born 13 August 1961 in Whiston, Lancashire) is an English radio DJ and Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat RNVR ( 22 March 1910 &ndash 8 August 1979) was a UK novelist William Anthony Morley (born 26 August 1954 is an English former football player who played in The Football League for Preston North End, James "Jimmy" Anthony O'Neill ( October 13, 1931 &ndash December 15, 2007) was an Irish former professional footballer Les Pattinson (born 18 April 1958 in Ormskirk, West Lancashire) is an English Musician, best known for his work as the Echo & the Bunnymen are an English Post-punk group formed in Liverpool in 1978 Jonathan Pryce (born 1 June 1947 is a Welsh award-winning stage and Film actor/singer Robert (" Robbie " Slater (born 22 November 1964 in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England) is a former Australian John Souch ( 1593 /4 - 1645) was an English portrait painter He flourished in the early seventeenth century in the North West of England and perhaps epitomises Stephen Warnock (born 12 December 1981 is an English footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers. |
 The Buck i'th' Vine Inn on Burscough Street. |
 Memorial to Sergent Major Nunnerly in Victoria Gardens. |
 The old water tower on Tower Hill. |
Notes
- ^ Townships: Ormskirk, British History Online
- ^ a b c d [1], Ormskirk historic town assessment, Lancashire County Council, 2006
- ^ [2], Map of Lancashire parishes
- ^ [3], Ormskirk Workhouses
- ^ [4], Atkinson & Kirby home page
- ^ "Tributes as ex-Everton goalie dies, aged 76", Ormskirk Advertiser, Issue 13,698, 20 December 2007 page 12
References
- Duggan, Mona, Ormskirk, The Making Of A Modern Town, 1998 ISBN 0-7509-1868-3
See also
- Edge Hill University
- Ormskirk Urban District
- Ormskirk (UK Parliament constituency)
- West Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)
External links
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