In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Parbold like this:
PARBOLD, a township in Eccleston parish, Lancashire; near the Leeds and Liverpool canal, 5½ miles N Wby W of Wigan. It has a post-office under Ormskirk; and it contains the church of Douglas chapelry. Acres, 1, 165. Real property, £3,031; of which £420 are inquarries. Pop., 474. Houses, 92. Parbold Hall is the seat of Mrs. Twining. Parbold hill commands goodviews to the Isle of Man, and to the mountains of Wales and Cumberland.
Parbold through time
Parbold is now part of West Lancashire district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Lancashire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Parbold itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Parbold in West Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10746
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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