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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Downholland like this:
DOWN-HOLLAND, a township in Halsall parish, Lancashire; on the Leeds and Liverpool canal, 3½ miles W by S of Ormskirk. Acres, 3, 474. Real property, £5, 720. Pop., 748. Houses, 133.
Downholland is now part of WEST LANCASHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST LANCASHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Downholland itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Downholland, in West Lancashire and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10125
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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