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SHIRESHEAD, or Shirehead, a chapelry in Garstang and Cockerham parishes, Lancashire; on the river Wyre, 1¾ mile N by E of Scorton r. station, and 4 N by E of Garstang. Post town, Garstang. Pop., 397. Houses, 95. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £110.* Patron, the Vicar of Cocker bam. The church is modern.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Cockerham Parish Garstang Parish Lancashire Ancient County |
| Place names: | SHIREHEAD | SHIRESHEAD | SHIRESHEAD OR SHIREHEAD |
| Place: | Shireshead |
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