The area of the township is 1,198 statute acres.
Clifton-with-Salwick. As early as 1100 William de Clifton had lands in Clifton and Salwick, and from that date to the present time, with one short interval, the manors have descended in the same family, of which Jno. Talbot Clifton, esq., of Lytham, is the head.[204] Clifton and Salwick Halls, the ancient residences of the Cliftons, are now comparatively modern buildings. The church of Lund is situated in Salwick, and possessed a chantry so far back as 1516. The first notice of any connection between Kirkham church and Lund chapel occurs amongst the records of the “Thirty-men” in 1701, thus:—“Matt. Hall, ch warden, of Kirkham, in 1688, set up a scandalous trough for a font in Lund chapel; and 4 sackfuls of moss he then carried from the church to repair the said chapel, and so it first began to be repaired at the parish charge.” The old chapel was pulled down in 1824, and a stone church erected. In 1852 a chancel was added, and more recently a tower. Lund and Newton-with-Scales were constituted an ecclesiastical parish in 1840. The church is dedicated to St. John, and the dean and chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, are the patrons.
| CURATES AND VICARS OF LUND. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of Institution. | Name. | Cause of Vacancy. |
| Before 1648 | Joseph Harrison | |
| ” 1732 | Thomas Cockin | |
| ” 1769 | Benj. Wright | |
| In 1790 | Charles Buck, B.A. | |
| Before 1818 | Thos. Stephenson | |
| In 1820 | Richard Moore, M.A. | Death of T. Stephenson |
The Rev. Jos. Harrison, brother to Cuthbert Harrison, was ejected in the year 1662, for refusing to comply with the Act of Uniformity.
Alice Hankinson, left in 1680, £5 for the use of the minister, and Alice Clitherall a like sum for the same purpose. Thomas Smith bequeathed, in 1685, the annual interest of £20 to Lund chapel. The sum of £10 is received yearly under a trust of 1668, 50s. being for the vicar, and the surplus for the poor. The school was established about 1682, by a legacy of £60 left by John Dickson, half the interest to go to the minister of Lund chapel, providing he belonged to the Church of England, and the other moiety to the master of the school. The interest of £10, origin unknown, is paid each year to the trustees of the school.
POPULATION OF CLIFTON-WITH-SALWICK.
| 1801. | 1811. | 1821. | 1831. | 1841. | 1851. | 1861. | 1871. |
| 552 | 575 | 608 | 508 | 538 | 471 | 447 | 447 |
The township contains 3,776 statute acres.
Treales, Roseacre, and Wharles. The ancient manor of Treales embraced the three estates of Treales, Roseacre, and Wharles, being computed in the Domesday Book to contain two carucates of arable soil. In 1207 Treales was granted to Robert de Vavassour, the father-in-law of Theobald Walter, and subsequently it descended in the Butler family until 1673, when the 9th earl of Derby acquired it with his wife, the daughter of Thomas Butler, the lord Ossory. The present earl of Derby is lord of the manor, and holds a court annually.
The church, a plain stone building with nave and chancel only, was erected in 1853, and endowed five years later by the dean and chapter of Christ Church, Oxford. The Rev. J. Hodgkin is the incumbent.