In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Huncoat like this:
HUNCOAT, a village and a township in Whalley parish, Lancashire. The village stands on a risingground, adjacent to the East Lancashire railway, 1½ mile NE by E of Accrington; and has a station on the railway, and chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans.-The township comprises 960 acres. Real property, £2, 336; of which £50 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 598; in 1861, 839. Houses, 154. The increase of pop. arose from the extension of cotton spinning. The Accrington cemetery and the reservoir of the Accrington waterworks are on the border.
Huncoat through time
Huncoat is now part of Hyndburn district. Click here for graphs and data of how Hyndburn has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Huncoat itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Huncoat, in Hyndburn and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10477
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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