Heaton with Oxcliffe
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HEATON, a township and a sub-district in Lancaster district, Lancashire. The township is in Overton chapelry, Lancaster parish; lies on the river Lune, 2½ miles SW of Lancaster; includes the hamlet of Oxcliffe; and bears the name of Heaton-with-Oxcliffe. Acres, 1,977. Real property, £2,609. Pop., 165. Houses, 22. -- The sub-district includes three other townships of Lancaster parish, and all Heysham parish. Acres, 12,865. Pop., 3,455. Houses, 670.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
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Census
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Civil Registration
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In 1835 Heaton with Oxcliffe was a township in the parish of Lancaster.Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.