Thurnham

"THURNHAM, a township in the parishes of Lancaster and Cockerham, hundred of Lonsdale South of the Sands, county Lancaster, 4½ miles S.W. of Lancaster, its post town. The village is situated where the branch canal joins the river Lune, and contains the harbour of Lancaster called Glasson Dock; this last was constructed in 1787, and capable of containing 25 merchant vessels. A considerable traffic is carried on. Within the township are the remains of Cockersand Abbey, situated on a neck of land projecting into the sea, and adjoining the Cocker Sands, from which the abbey derived its name. The ruins consist of an octagonal chapter-house, with a roof supported on a single central column, now the sepulchral chapel of the Daltons. The Roman Catholics have a chapel and a school."

"CROOK-FARMS, a hamlet in the township of Thurnham, parishes of Lancaster and Cockerham, in the county of Lancaster, 4 miles S.S.W. of Lancaster. It is situated near the river Lune."

"GLASSON, an ecclesiastical district in the parishes of Lancaster and Cockerham, hundred of Lonsdale, county palatine of Lancaster, 5 miles S.W. of Lancaster, its post town. The Galgate station on the London and North-Western line of railway is about 3 miles S.E. of the village. It includes the township of Thurnham, also part of that of Ashton-cum-Stodday. Here are good docks capable of accommodating vessels not exceeding 400 tons burthen, The principal employments are in connection with the shipping. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Manchester, value £100, in the patronage of trustees. Christ Church is a plain stone edifice. There is a parochial school possessing an endowment of £10 per annum. Miss Elizabeth Dalton is lady of the manor. Within the limits of the district are several small places, which are extra parochial."