In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Habergham like this:
HABERGHAM ALL SAINTS, a chapelry in Habergham-Eaves township, Whalley parish, Lancashire; in the south-western vicinity of Burnley town and r. station. It was constituted in 1845; and its post town is Burnley. Rated property, £5, 035. Pop., 2, 822. Houses, 503. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £150. Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church is in the pointed style; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and spire.
The location is that of Habergham All Saints church, as marked and named on the Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 map of Lancashire and Furness, of 1894-5, accessible on the www.old-maps.co.uk site. Additional information about this locality is available for Burnley
Habergham through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Habergham, in Burnley and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26044
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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