In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Simonstone like this:
SIMONSTONE, a township in Whalley parish, Lancashire; 3½ miles E of Whalley r. station. Acres, 900. Real property, £1,264. Pop., 325. Houses, 61. S. Hall is the seat of W. Dugdale, Esq.; and Huntroyde Hall, of Le Gendre N. Starkie, Esq. There is a chapel-school.
Simonstone through time
Simonstone 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 Simonstone itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Simonstone, in Ribble Valley and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10892
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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