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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stocks in Bowland like this:
DALE-HEAD, a chapelry in Slaidburn parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 6 miles NN W of Chatburn r. station, and 7½ N by W of Clitheroe. Post town, Slaidburn, under Blackburn. Statistics, with the parish. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Slaidburn, in the diocese of Ripon. The church is very good.
Stocks in Bowland 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 Stocks in Bowland itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stocks in Bowland, in Ribble Valley and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25512
Date accessed: 09th December 2025
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