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Hambleton, Lancashire

Historical Description

Hambleton, a township-chapelry in Kirkham parish, Lancashire, on the river Wyre, 3 miles NE of Poulton railway station, and 7½ WSW of Garstang. It has a post office under Preston; money order and telegraph office, Poulton-le-Fyld. Acreage, 1553, of which 130 are water; population, 367. A fine bridge over the Wyre was erected in 1864, at a cost of £13, 000. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Manchester; net value, £175. Patron, the Vicar of Kirk-ham. The church was rebuilt in 1749 and restored in 1877.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLancashire 
HundredAmounderness 
Poor Law unionGarstang 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Lancashire Archives, have images of the Parish Registers for Lancashire online.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Hambleton from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Hambleton are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lancashire newspapers online:

DistrictWyre
CountyLancashire
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtFY6
Post TownPoulton-Le-Fylde

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