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

HENHEADS, a township in Whalley parish, Lancashire; 1½ mile N of Haslingden. Acres, 360. Pop., 211. Houses, 40.

Henheads through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22506

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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