EUXTON, a chapelry in the parish and hundred of LEYLAND, county palatine of LANCASTER, 2 miles (W. N. W.) from Chorley, containing 1360 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, endowed with £400 private benefaction, and £ 400 royal bounty. The Rev. J. Armetriding was patron in 1799. A free school, under the management of trustees, is endowed with about £30 per annum.