In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Out Rawcliffe like this:
RAWCLIFFE (Out), a township-chapelry in St. Michael-on-Wyre parish, Lancashire; on the river Wyre, 4 miles E by N of Poulton r. station, and 5½ W S W of Garstang. Post-town, Great Eccleston, under Garstang. Acres, 4, 340, of which 180 are water. Real property, £5, 591. Pop., 771. Houses, 135. ...
The manor belongs to the representatives of the late R. W. France, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £100.* Patron, the Vicar of St. Michael-on-Wyre. The church was built in 1838, and is in the Norman style. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
Out Rawcliffe through time
Out Rawcliffe is now part of Wyre district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wyre has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Out Rawcliffe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Out Rawcliffe, in Wyre and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10766
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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