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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
GLASSON, a hamlet and a chapelry in Lancaster district, Lancashire. The hamlet lies on the river Lune, 3 miles NW of Galgate r. station, and 5 SSW of Lancaster; and has a post office under Lancaster. Two wet docks here, communicating with the Lune, accommodate vessels discharging cargoes into barges for Lancaster; and a canal goes hence, by a short route, into junction with the Lancaster canal. The chapelry comprises the extra-parochial tract of Cockers and Abbey, and parts of the parishes of Cockerham and Lancaster; and was constituted in 1841. Pop., 857. Houses, 153. Pop. of the part in Lancaster parish, 648. Houses, 119. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to Sir James Fitzgerald, Bart. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £100.* Patrons, Trustees. The church is good; and there is an endowed school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Place: | Glasson |
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