High Bowland Forest, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Bowland-Forest, High, a township in Slaidbum and Dale Head parishes, W.R. Yorkshire, on the river Hodder, 10 miles NW of Clitheroe. It includes the hamlets of Dun-sop and Battrix. Acreage, 19,750; population, 229. There is a Roman Catholic chapel.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the West Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following West Riding newspapers online: