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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Upper Rawcliffe like this:
RAWCLIFFE (Upper)-WITH-TARNACRE, a township, with a village, in St. Michael-on-Wyre parish, Lancashire; on the river Wyre, 3¾ miles S W of Garstang. Acres, 3, 743. Real property, £5, 233. Pop., 682. Houses, 117. The property is divided chiefly among five. The manor belongs to the Earl of Derby. The parish church and a national school are here.
Upper Rawcliffe is now part of WYRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how WYRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Upper Rawcliffe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Upper Rawcliffe, in Wyre and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10767
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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