Lathom
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![Lathom Park Chapel, founded by the Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby in 1500](/Images/godic/202501/23/Lathom_Chapel,_Ormskirk_-_geograph.org.uk_-_126305233.jpg")
Lathom is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, about 5 km northeast of Ormskirk. It is in the district of West Lancashire, and with the parish of Newburgh forms part of Newburgh ward. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 914. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes through Lathom.