In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Howgill like this:
HOWGILL, a hamlet in Rimmington township, Gisburn parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on a branch of the river Ribble, near the boundary with Lancashire, 5½ miles NE of Clitheroe. Howgill House is the seat of the Wilkinsons.
Additional information about this locality is available for Rimington
Howgill through time
Howgill is now part of Ribble Valley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ribble Valley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Howgill itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Howgill, in Ribble Valley and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25480
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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