In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cowpe like this:
COWPE-LENCHES, NEWHALLHEY, AND HALL-CARR, a township in Bury parish, Lancashire; E of the river Irwell, 4 miles SSE of Haslingden. Acres, 1, 545. Pop., 2, 851. Houses, 579.
Cowpe through time
Cowpe is now part of Rossendale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rossendale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cowpe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cowpe, in Rossendale and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22472
Date accessed: 19th October 2024
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