In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Roughlee Booth like this:
ROUGH-LEE-BOOTH, a township in Whalley parish, Lancashire; at the E end of Pendle forest, 3½ miles W of Colne r. station, and 6 N W of Burnley. Acres, 1, 320. Real property, £2, 287. Pop. in 1851, 719; in 1861, 424. Houses, 99. The decrease of pop. was caused by the removal of hand-loom weavers. The manor belongs to the Duke of Buccleuch. There are a cotton factory and a Wesleyan chapel.
Roughlee Booth through time
Roughlee Booth is now part of Pendle district. Click here for graphs and data of how Pendle has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Roughlee Booth itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Roughlee Booth, in Pendle and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10780
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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