# Heath Charnock

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{{Short description|Village in Lancashire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2015}}
{{infobox UK place 
  |coordinates = {{coord|53.625|-2.613|display=inline,title}}
  |static_image_name        = Cardwell Arms, Heath Charnock - geograph.org.uk - 122917.jpg
|static_image_caption     = ''The Cardwell Arms'' public house
  |official_name=            Heath Charnock
  |map_type=                 Lancashire
| population = 2,026
| population_ref = ([2011 Census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2011))
   |os_grid_reference=        SD595145
  |civil_parish=             Heath Charnock
  |shire_district=           [Chorley](/source/Chorley_(borough))
  |shire_county=             [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire)
  |region=                   North West England
  |country=                  England
  |post_town=                CHORLEY
  |postcode_area=            PR
  |postcode_district=        PR6,PR7
  |dial_code=                01257
  |constituency_westminster= [Chorley](/source/Chorley_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
  |pushpin_map=              United Kingdom Borough of Chorley
  |pushpin_map_caption=      Shown within Chorley Borough 
}}

'''Heath Charnock''' is a small village and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) of the [Borough of Chorley](/source/Borough_of_Chorley) in [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire), England. According to the [United Kingdom Census 2001](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2001) it has a population of 2,065, reducing to 2,026 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04005153|title=Heath Charnock Parish|access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref>

==Location==
Heath Charnock is next to [Adlington](/source/Adlington%2C_Lancashire) and [Anderton](/source/Anderton%2C_Lancashire). The civil parish includes the [hamlet](/source/hamlet_(place)) of '''Limbrick'''.

==History==
Heath Charnock has been variously recorded as Charnock in 1271; Cernok, Heath Charnock, Hest Chernnoke, Est Chernoke in 1278, Chernocke Gogard in 1284, Hechernok, Heghchernok, Hethevchernoc, Hethchernok, Gogardeschernok and Hethchernock in 1292.<ref name=vch>{{citation |author=William Farrer and J Brownbill (editors) |title=Heath Charnock |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53100 |work=A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6 |series=[Victoria County History](/source/Victoria_County_History) |publisher=British History Online |pages=213–217|year=1911 |access-date=2010-09-09}}</ref>

In the [Middle Ages](/source/Middle_Ages) Heath Charnock was part of the [Penwortham](/source/Penwortham) [fee](/source/fee) held by Randle de Marsey and then by the Ferrers.
By 1288 there were two subordinate manors, one held by Thomas Banastre and one by William Gogard. The Banastre manor was acquired by John de Harrington and then the first Lord Mounteagle whose family held it until 1574 when it was sold to Thomas Walmsley and Robert Charnock. Walmsley sold his portion to Thomas Standish of Duxbury whose family eventually acquires the Charnock portion.<ref name=vch/>

William Gogard was styled 'lord of Heath Charnock' and the township often called Charnock Gogard up to the 17th century. By sales and partitions this manor eventually disappeared except for a portion known as Hall o' th' Hill which was held by the Asshawe family by marriage but which was never a manor.<ref name=vch/><ref name=tde>{{citation |last=Lewis |first=Samuel|title=Charnock, Heath|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50867#s7 |work=A Topographical Dictionary of England |publisher=British History Online |pages=554–558|year=1848 |access-date=2010-09-09}}</ref>

The [hearth tax](/source/hearth_tax) return for 1666 shows that there were 68 hearths in the township, 18 were accounted for in the houses of William Radley and Peter Shaw.<ref name=vch/>

[The Street](/source/The_Street_(Heath_Charnock)) was another ancient estate held by a family of the same name.<ref name=vch/>

==Governance==
Heath Charnock was a township in the [Standish](/source/Standish%2C_Greater_Manchester) ecclesiastical parish in the Leyland hundred in Lancashire. It became part of the [Chorley](/source/Chorley) Rural [Sanitary District](/source/Sanitary_District) from 1875 to 1894, and part of the [Chorley Rural District](/source/Chorley_Rural_District) from 1894 to 1974.

Since 1974, it has been a civil parish of the [Borough of Chorley](/source/Chorley_(borough)) which is governed by 47 councillors, elected for four year terms to represent wards in the borough. In May 2010 the constitution of the Chorley council was [Conservatives](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) had 27 seats, [Labour](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)) 15 seats, Liberal Democrats 3 seats and Independents 2 seats. Heath Charnock is part of the Heath Charnock and Rivington ward and in 2012 elected a Labour councillor, Kim Snape.<ref name="dem">{{Citation |url=http://democracy.chorley.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?bcr=1|title=Chorley Council, Democracy |publisher= Chorley Council|access-date=2010-06-02}}</ref> 
Chorley Council is part of the [Lancashire County Council](/source/Lancashire_County_Council) created in 1889 under the [Local Government Act 1888](/source/Local_Government_Act_1888) and reconstituted under the [Local Government Act 1972](/source/Local_Government_Act_1972). Heath Charnock is part of the Chorley Rural East ward.<ref name="LCC">{{Citation|url=http://www3.lancashire.gov.uk/council/councillors/councillorsAreas.asp#R|title=County Councillors by Local Community|publisher=Lancashire County Council|access-date=2010-06-02|archive-date=5 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505210444/http://www3.lancashire.gov.uk/council/councillors/councillorsAreas.asp#R|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Heath Charnock is part of the [Chorley](/source/Chorley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) parliamentary constituency which elected [Lindsay Hoyle](/source/Lindsay_Hoyle) as Member of Parliament for the Labour party at the 2010 General Election.<ref name="Election 2010">{{citation|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b09.stm|title=Election Results 2010 |publisher=bbc.co.uk |access-date=2010-06-05}}</ref>

==Geography==
The township is crossed by the [River Yarrow](/source/River_Yarrow_(Lancashire)) and its eastern boundary is the [Upper Rivington Reservoir](/source/Upper_Rivington_Reservoir).<ref name="Map">{{Citation |url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/HeathCharnock/ParishMap.shtml|title=Heath Charnock Township Boundaries|publisher= GenUKI|access-date=2010-09-09}}</ref> The land rises to the north east reaching a height of {{convert|650|ft|m}}. It covers an area of {{convert|1599|acre|km2}} including {{convert|58|acre|m2}} of inland water, (the reservoir). The township was mostly agricultural, but there were brick works, stone quarries and a cotton mill operating in the early 20th century.<ref name=vch/> 
{{Geographic Location
 | Centre    = Heath Charnock
 | Northwest = [Chorley](/source/Chorley)
 | North     = [Chorley](/source/Chorley)
 | Northeast = [Anglezarke](/source/Anglezarke)
 | East      = [Upper Rivington Reservoir](/source/Upper_Rivington_Reservoir), [River Yarrow](/source/River_Yarrow_(Lancashire))
 | West      = [Duxbury](/source/Duxbury_Woods)
 | Southwest = [Adlington](/source/Adlington%2C_Lancashire)
 | South     = [Anderton](/source/Anderton%2C_Lancashire)
 | Southeast = [Rivington](/source/Rivington)
}}

==Transport==
The [A6 road](/source/A6_road_(England)) passes through Heath Charnock, connecting [Chorley](/source/Chorley) and [Adlington](/source/Adlington%2C_Lancashire), and the [Bolton](/source/Bolton%2C_Greater_Manchester) to [Chorley](/source/Chorley) road branches off to Horwich.There are roads to [Wigan](/source/Wigan) and [Rivington](/source/Rivington). The [M61](/source/M61_motorway) crosses the township north to south and is accessed at junction 6, Horwich, and junction 8, Chorley.

The Manchester, Bolton to Preston railway passes through Heath Charnock, with the nearest station is at [Adlington](/source/Adlington_(Lancashire)_railway_station).

The [Leeds and Liverpool Canal](/source/Leeds_and_Liverpool_Canal) passes through the township.<ref name=tde/>

==See also==
*[Listed buildings in Heath Charnock](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Heath_Charnock)
*[Limbric](/source/Limbric)

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Heath Charnock}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927064446/http://www.chorley.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1193 Heath Charnock] chorley.gov.uk.
*[http://www.heathcharnock.org.uk/ Heath Charnock Parish Council Website] heathcharnock.org.uk

{{Borough of Chorley geography}}

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Category:Geography of Chorley
Category:Villages in Lancashire
Category:Civil parishes in Lancashire

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