Great and Little Marsden, Lancashire
Historical Description
Marsden, Great and Little, a township and two chapelries in Whalley parish, Lancashire. The township consists of the two chapelries called Little Marsden and Great Marsden; lies on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, and on the L. & Y.R., 2½ and 4 miles NE of Burnley; has two stations on the railway, at Brierfield for Little Marsden, and at Nelson for Great Marsden; and has a post office, of the name of Nelson, under Burnley. Acreage, 4689; population, 31,339. The cotton manufacture is carried on, and coal and stone abound. The livings of Little Marsden and Great Marsden are vicarages in the diocese of Manchester; gross value of Little Marsden, £374 with residence; of Great Marsden, £306 with residence. Patrons of the former, Hulme's Trustees; of the latter, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church of Little Marsden is a plain stone building; and that of Great Marsden was erected in 1848, and is in the Pointed style. There are three Wesleyan and two Primitive Methodist chapels, a Friends' meeting-house, and a mechanics' institution.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Lancashire | |
| Civil parish | Whalley | |
| Hundred | Blackburn | |
| Poor Law union | Burnley |
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 Great and Little Marsden from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Marsden, Great)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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