Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RAWCLIFFE (Out)

RAWCLIFFE (Out), a township-chapelry in St. Michael-on-Wyre parish, Lancashire; on the river Wyre, 4 miles E by N of Poulton r. station, and 5½ W S W of Garstang. Post-town, Great Eccleston, under Garstang. Acres, 4, 340, of which 180 are water. Real property, £5, 591. Pop., 771. Houses, 135. The manor belongs to the representatives of the late R. W. France, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £100.* Patron, the Vicar of St. Michael-on-Wyre. The church was built in 1838, and is in the Norman style. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township-chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Out Rawcliffe CP/Tn       St Michael on Wyre CP/AP       Lancashire AncC
Place names: OUT RAWCLIFFE     |     RAWCLIFFE     |     RAWCLIFFE OUT
Place: Out Rawcliffe

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