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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"HABERGHAM-EAVES, a township in the parish of Whalley, higher division of the hundred of Blackburn, county Lancaster, 2 miles S.W. of Burnley. It is situated near the Leeds and Liverpool canal. The greater part of the population are employed in the manufacture of cotton and wool, and in working the collieries. Slate and stone are also quarried. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Manchester, value £300. The church is dedicated to St. Paul. There is another church dedicated to All Saints, also a perpetual curacy, value £150, in the patronage of the crown and bishop alternately. The charities produce £37 per annum."