Place:


Cuerdon  Lancashire

 

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

CUERDEN, a township in Leyland parish, Lancashire; on the river Lostock, and on the Preston and Wigan railway, 5 miles NNW of Chorley. Acres, 800. Real property, £3, 322. Pop., 666. Houses, 121. Cuerden Hall belonged to the Banastres, and passed to the Parkers. Dr. Kuerden, the antiquary, was a native.

Cuerdon through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10070

Date accessed: 19th March 2024


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