chapel until 1660, when the Reverend James Hyett built the school there. He had been appointed to his post by Charles I in 1625, but by 1662 he felt unable to conform to the Act of Uniformity and was ejected from the Church, he died the same year and in his will left an endowment to the school. Rev Hyett was succeeded by Rev. James Pilkington, elder brother of Elizabeth Breres who with her husband held the Manor of Rivington See also Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway References Bibliography External links Croston Main Page Croston Village Festivities website Croston Facebook Page Croston chorley.gov.uk. Villages in Lancashire Civil parishes in Lancashire Geography of Chorley