In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sabden like this:
SABDEN, a village in Pendleton township, Whalley parish, Lancashire; under Spence-moor, 3¾ miles E N E of Whalley r. station, and 5¼ N W of Burnley. It has a post-office under Blackburn, the church of Heyhouses, chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, and a British school; carries on cotton-manufacture and calico printing; and has a pop. of about 1, 440.
Sabden through time
Sabden is now part of Ribble Valley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ribble Valley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sabden itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sabden, in Ribble Valley and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10840
Date accessed: 29th September 2024
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