In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Preston Richard like this:
PRESTON-RICHARD, a township in Heversham parish, Westmoreland; in the valley of the Beetha river, to the E of Heversham. It contains the hamlets of Crooklands, Endmoor, and Milton. Acres, 1, 760. Real property, £3, 337. Pop., 504. Houses, 83. There are gun-powder-works.
Preston Richard through time
Preston Richard is now part of South Lakeland district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Lakeland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Preston Richard itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Preston Richard, in South Lakeland and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4404
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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