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Whitewell, Lancashire

Historical Description

Whitewell, an ecclesiastical parish in Whalley parish, Lancashire and W.R. Yorkshire, 7 miles NW by W of Clitheroe station on the L. & Y.R. Post town, Clitheroe; money order and telegraph office, Dunsop Bridge. Population, 429. Brows-holme Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester; net value, £236 with residence. Patrons, Hulme's Trustees. The church, built in 1818, is in the Gothic style, and consists of nave and turret.

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

Church Records

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


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Whitewell 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:

DistrictRibble Valley
CountyLancashire
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtBB7
Post TownClitheroe

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