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Myerscough, Lancashire

Historical Description

Myerscough, a township in Lancaster parish, Lancashire, on the river Wyre, 3 miles S of Garstang, and 3 from the Barton and Broughton station on the L. & N.W.R. Post town, Preston; money order and telegraph office, Broughton. Acreage, 2707; population, 395. The manor belongs to the Duchy of Lancaster. Myerscough Hall and Myerscough House are chief residences. Myfod. See MEIFOD.

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 parishLancaster 
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 Myerscough from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Myerscough 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 districtPR3
Post TownPreston

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