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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Galgate like this:
GALGATE, a village in Ellel township, Lancashire; 4 miles S of Lancaster. It has a r. station, a post office under Lancaster, three factories, Independent and Wesleyan chapels, and an endowed school.
Galgate is now part of LANCASTER District. Click here for graphs and data of how LANCASTER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Galgate itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Galgate, in Lancaster and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20283
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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