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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"LUMB, a township and ecclesiastical district, in the parish of Whalley, upper division of the hundred of Blackburn, county palatine of Lancaster, 2 miles N. of Newchurch, its post town, and 6 S. of Burnley. The main road between the above towns passes through it. The hamlet of Water is in this township Cotton and woollen goods are manufactured here, and some of the people are employed in the quarries. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Manchester, value £150, in the patronage of the crown and bishop alternately. The church is a small stone edifice of Norman architecture, dedicated to St. Michael. There is a National school, and the Baptists have a place of worship and a school at Water."