Place:


Baxenden  Lancashire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Baxenden like this:

BAXENDEN, a large village in Whalley parish, Lancashire; on the East Lancashire railway, 1¼. mile N of Haslingden. It has a post office under Accrington, a r. station, two cotton mills, and a colliery.

Additional information about this locality is available for Accrington

Baxenden through time

Baxenden is now part of Hyndburn district. Click here for graphs and data of how Hyndburn has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Baxenden itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Baxenden, in Hyndburn and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25189

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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