Stanley, Lancashire

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

STANLEY, a chapelry in West Derby parish, Lancashire; suburban to Liverpool, and 1½ mile NNE of Edgehill r. station. It contains Liverpool cattle-market and Old Swan; the latter of which has a post-office under Liverpool. The statistics are returned with the parish. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Salisbury. There are extensive borax works. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £150. Patron, the Rev. T. Gardner. The church is in plain Grecian style. There are chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, and Roman Catholics.

Stanley through time

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

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