Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Worsthorne

Worsthorne, eccl. dist., township, and vil., Whalley par., NE. Lancashire - dist., pop. 1213; township (Worsthorne with Hurstwood), 3510 ac., pop. 1093; vil., 2 miles E. of Burnley; P.O.; has quarries.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Whalley Tn/AP/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Worsthorne

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