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Roeburndale
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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.
John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
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Local studies information is held at Lancaster library.
Details about the census records, and indexes for Roeburndale.
The Register Office covering the Roeburndale area is Lancaster.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"ROEBURNDALE, a township in the parish of Melling, hundred of Lonsdale South of the Sands, county Lancaster, 9 miles N.E. of Lancaster. It is situated on the river Water, which flows to the Hindburn, near Hornby."
"ROBURNDALE, a township in the parish of Melling, hundred of Lonsdale South of the Sands, county Lancaster, 8 miles N.E. of Lancaster."
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In 1835 Roeburndale was a township in the parish of Melling in Lonsdale.
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For probate purposes prior to 1858, Roeburndale was in the Archdeaconry of Richmond, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Richmond are held at the Lancashire Record Office.
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