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ENTRIES FROM GAZETTEERS AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES

Scarisbrick, a township, in the parish and union of Ormskirk, hundred of West Derby, S. division of the county palatine of Lancaster, 2 miles (N.W.) from Ormskirk; containing 1,957 inhabitants.  The township comprises 8,216 acres, of which 80 are common or waste land.  The tithes have been commuted for £1,064, of which £970 are payable to an impropriator, and £94 to the rector of Halsall.  Here is a Roman Catholic chapel.
    Source: Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England (5th ed.), Volume 4, page 30 (London: S. Lewis & Co., 1844)
    FHL: 942 E5l

Scarisbrick, a village, a township-chapelry, and a sub-district, in Ormskirk parish and district, Lancashire.  The village stands on the Leeds and Liverpool canal, 3 miles N.W. of Ormskirk r[ailway] station; and has a post-office under Ormskirk.  The chapelry contains also the hamlets of Bescar and Snape-Green.  Acres, 8,377.  Real property, £13,752; of which £23 are in quarries.  Pop[ulation], 2,112.  Houses, 363.  The manor, with S[carisbrick] Hall, belongs to Lady Scarisbrick.  The living is annexed to Ormskirk.  The church is in the later English style.  There are chapels for Wesleyans and Roman Catholics, an endowed school with £18 a year, and charities £19.  The sub-district contains also Burscough township, and comprises 13,336 acres.  Pop[ulation], 4,573.  Houses, 841.
    Source: John Marius Wilson, The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, Volume 5, page 763 (Edinburgh: A. Fullarton, 1870)
    FHL: 6020330

Scarisbrick, parish and village, S.W. Lanc[ashire]; parish 8,398 acres, population 2,327; ecclesiastical district, 1864; village on Leeds and Liverpool Canal, 3½ miles N.W. of Ormskirk; post office, telegraph office.  In vicinity is Scarisbrick Hall.
    Source: John Bartholomew, The Survey Gazetteer of the British Isles (9th ed.), page 604 (Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son Ltd., ca. 1951)
    FHL: Ref 942 E5ba 1951