In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Yealand Conyers like this:
YEALAND-CONYERS, a township and a chapelry in Warton parish, Lancashire. The township lies 1½ mile SSW of Burton and Holme r. station, and 2½ N by E of Carnforth; and has a post-office under Lancaster-Acres, 1,577. Real property, £2,655. Pop., 272. Houses, 50. Leighton Hall, Prospect house , and Morecambe Lodge are chief residences.—The chapelry includes Y.-Redmayne, and comprises 3,676 acres. ...
Pop., 481. Houses, 90. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value £255.* Patrons, Hyndman's Trustees. The church is good; and there are chapels for Quakers and Roman Catholics, and a national school.
Yealand Conyers through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Yealand Conyers, in Lancaster and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11066
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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