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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bardsea like this:
BARDSEA, a township-chapelry in Urswick parish, Lancashire; on Morecambe bay, 3 miles S by E of Ulverstone r. station. It has a post office under Ulverstone.Real property, £1,846. Pop., 272. Houses, 62. A hospital of the Knights of St. John once stood here. A project was at one time afoot to cut a ship canal hence to the foot of Windermere. The chapelry was constituted in 1854. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £100. Patron, the Rev. F. Lee. The church is modern Gothic. There is an endowed school.
Bardsea is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bardsea itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bardsea, in Westmorland and Furness and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24749
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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