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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Preston Richard like this:
PRESTON-RICHARD, a township in Heversham parish, Westmoreland; in the valley of the Beetha river, to the E of Heversham. It contains the hamlets of Crooklands, Endmoor, and Milton. Acres, 1, 760. Real property, £3, 337. Pop., 504. Houses, 83. There are gun-powder-works.
Preston Richard 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 Preston Richard itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Preston Richard, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4404
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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