THE

NEW LANCASHIRE GAZETTEER,

OR

TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY,

CONTAINING

AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION

OF THE

SEVERAL HUNDREDS, BOROUGHS, MARKET TOWNS, PARISHES,
TOWNSHIPS, AND HAMLETS,

IN THE

COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER,

EXHIBITING

THE BEARING and DISTANCE of each place from the nearest Post-office Town, and the
Amount of its POPULATION according to the Census taken in 1821-the VALUATION and
the PATRONS of ECCLESIASTICAL BENEFICES, and their Amount in the King's Books-the
MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS, ANTIQUITIES, GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, MARKETS and
FAIRS, CORPORATIONS, PETTY SESSIONS and ASSIZES-SEATS of the NOBILITY and
GENTRY-with various LOCAL, HISTORICAL, COMMERCIAL, and AGRICULTURAL
INFORMATION-and BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES of Eminent Natives Deceased:

Collected from the most Authentic Sources, and Alphabetically Arranged.

BY

STEPHEN REYNOLDS CLARKE,

AUTHOR OF "CONVERSATIONS ON THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND."

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR HENRY TEESDALE AND CO. 302, HOLBORN.

1830.