Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for QUERNMOOR

QUERNMOOR, a township-chapelry in Lancaster parish, Lancashire; 3 miles E S E of Lancaster r. station. Post-town, Lancaster. Acres, 6, 593. Real property, £5, 611. Pop., 563. Houses, 104. Q. Park and most of the land belong to W. J. Garnett, Esq. Escow-beck Hall is the seat of J. Greg, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £170.* Patron, the Vicar of Lancaster. The church was rebuilt in 1861, at a cost of £3,000; and is in the decorated English style, with a tower. There are a Quakers' chapel and a national school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township-chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Lancaster AP/Tn/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Quernmore

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