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.
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 Habergham Eaves from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Habergham-Eaves)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lancashire newspapers online: