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Habergham Eaves, Lancashire

Historical Description

Habergham Eaves, a township in Whalley civil parish, Lancashire. The township is suburban to Burnley, and since 1889 the greater portion of it has been included in the borough of Burnley. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office (T.S.O.) under Burnley. Acreage, 4217; population, 46, 930, of which 46, 529 are in the borough of Burnley. Coal is largely worked. The manor belongs to the Duke of Buccleuch* There are three ecclesiastical parishes in this township, viz.-Holy Trinity, All Saints, and St Matthew's, with populations of 15, 890, 6558, and 5398 respectively. The livings are vicarages in the diocese of Manchester; values, £400 net with residence, £200 gross, and £300 net, with residence, respectively. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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 
Civil parishWhalley 
HundredBlackburn 
Poor Law unionBurnley 

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 Habergham Eaves from the following:


Land and Property

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


Newspapers and Periodicals

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