In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Roeburndale like this:
ROEBURNDALE, a township in Melling parish, Lancashire; near the boundary with Yorkshire, 9 miles E N E of Lancaster. Acres, 8, 845. Real property, £2, 310; of which £60 are in quarries. Pop., 144. Houses. 23. Much of the land is moor and mountain.
Roeburndale through time
Roeburndale is now part of Lancaster district. Click here for graphs and data of how Lancaster has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Roeburndale itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Roeburndale, in Lancaster and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10779
Date accessed: 15th May 2024
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