In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Duxbury like this:
DUXBURY, a township in Standish parish, Lancashire; near the Wigan and Preston railway, and the canal, 2 miles S of Chorley. Acres, 1, 011. Real property, £3, 594; of which £1, 064 are in mines. Pop., 341. Houses, 64. Duxbury Hall is the seat of the Standish family.
Duxbury through time
Duxbury is now part of Chorley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Chorley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Duxbury itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Duxbury, in Chorley and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10137
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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