In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tunstead like this:
TUNSTEAD, a chapelry in Whalley and Rochdale parishes, Lancashire; 4 miles ESE of Haslingden. It contains the r. station and post-office of Stacksteads, and the village of Acre-Mill; it has two hotels, a literary institute, a working-men's club, co-operative shops, a reading room, and a small workhouse; and it was constituted in 1858. ...
Pop. in 1861, 4,681. Houses, 908. Heath Hill, Spring Hill, and Fern Hill are chief residences; and there are many neat villas. Cotton manufacture, woollen manufacture, and stone-quarrying are largely carried on. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £300.* Patrons, Trustees. The church was built in 1840. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, and a large national school.
Tunstead through time
Tunstead is now part of Rossendale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rossendale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Tunstead itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tunstead, in Rossendale and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21639
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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