In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cuerdale like this:

CUERDALE, a township in Blackburn parish, Lancashire; on the river Ribble, 2½ miles E of Preston. Acres, 500. Real property, £1, 098. Pop., 56. Houses, 11.

Cuerdale through time

Cuerdale is now part of SOUTH RIBBLE District. Click here for graphs and data of how SOUTH RIBBLE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cuerdale itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cuerdale, in South Ribble and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10068

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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