In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dolphinholme like this:
DOLPHINHOLME, a chapelry in Cockerham parish, Lancashire; near Scorton r. station, 6 ½ miles S. of Lancaster. It has a post office under Lancaster. The living is a vicarage in the dio. of Manchester. Value, £100.* Patron, H. Garnett, Esq. The church was built in 1840. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
Additional information about this locality is available for Cockerham
Dolphinholme through time
Dolphinholme is now part of Wyre district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wyre has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dolphinholme itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dolphinholme, in Wyre and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25640
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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