In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dunnockshaw like this:
DUNNOCKSHAW, a township in Whalley parish, Lancashire; at the source of the river Irwell, 3½ miles SW by S of Burnley. Acres, 350. Pop., 167. Houses, 33.
Dunnockshaw through time
Dunnockshaw is now part of Burnley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Burnley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dunnockshaw itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dunnockshaw, in Burnley and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10134
Date accessed: 26th April 2025
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