Bretherton, a township and ecclesiastical parish in Croston civil parish, Lancashire, on the Douglas river, 1 mile E of Croston railway station, and 9 SSW of Preston, under which there is a post office; money order and telegraph office, Croston. Acreage of township, 2437 ; population, 785. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester; net value, £190 with residence. Patron, the Rector of Croston. The church is a recent structure in the Early English style. There are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels, and a school, founded in 1654, with an endowment now producing £180 per annum.
