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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Simonswood like this:
SIMONSWOOD, a township in Walton-on-the-Hill parish, Lancashire; 5 miles S by E of Ormskirk. Acres, 2,862. Real property, £2,792. Pop., 461. Houses, 70.
Simonswood 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 Simonswood itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Simonswood, in West Lancashire and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10897
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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