The area where John Harrison (b. 1813) and Elizabeth Ormandy lived when son William was born in 1838. Although William actually gave his place of birth as nearby Adlington, his birth registration gives the family’s address as Heath Charnock. The Harrison family left Heath Charnock and was living in Adlington by 1840 when Alice was born.
Heath Charnock appears on the early ordinance survey maps as part of Rivington lying between Adlington to the south and Chorley to the north. The LL Canal forms the west border. Today it is the site of the Chorley Golf Club.