In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Read like this:
READ, a township in Whalley parish, Lancashire; 2 miles E of Whalley r. station. Acres, 1, 490. Real property, £2, 982. Pop., 531. Houses, 101. Read Hallis the seat of R. Fort, Esq. There are a cotton-mill and a national school.
Read through time
Read 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 Read itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Read, in Ribble Valley and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10768
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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