In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Silverdale like this:
SILVERDALE, a village and a township-chapelry in Warton parish, Lancashire. The village stands on Morecambe bay, near the Lancaster and Ulverstone railway, 4½ miles NW of Carnforth; is a sea-bathing resort; and has a r. station with telegraph, a post-office under Lancaster, a hotel, and good lodging-houses. The chapelry comprises 1,145 acres. Real property, £1,262. Pop., 294. Houses, 58. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £200.* Patron, the Vicar of Warton. The church was built in 1679, and enlarged in 1829.
Silverdale through time
Silverdale is now part of Lancaster district. Click here for graphs and data of how Lancaster has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Silverdale itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Silverdale, in Lancaster and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10891
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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