Place:


Galgate  Lancashire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Galgate like this:

GALGATE, a village in Ellel township, Lancashire; 4 miles S of Lancaster. It has a r. station, a post office under Lancaster, three factories, Independent and Wesleyan chapels, and an endowed school.

Galgate through time

Galgate is now part of Lancaster district. Click here for graphs and data of how Lancaster has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Galgate itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Galgate, in Lancaster and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20283

Date accessed: 19th March 2024


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