[4] In the reign of Edward I Richard de Hulton had a charter of free warren in his demesne lands here.

From the 14th century some of the Heaton family held land in Heaton-under-the forest (or Heaton-under-Horwich) in the parish of Deane.

[9] Heaton and Lostock Ward is also part of the Bolton West constituency and has been represented in the House of Commons by the Conservative Party MP Chris Green since 2015.

The township covered 1630 acres, its boundary is the River Croal to the south and is crossed by the road from Bolton to Chorley and contains the area of Markland Hill.

The present church, designed by architect Richard Knill Freeman took a year to build and cost about £4,000 and was consecrated in 1896.