• View Boundaries

The county of Lancashire was anciently divided into administrative units called hundreds, parishes and townships. The number of townships in the county gives rise to over 500 data files, so it was necessary to divide them into groups and the hundreds have been used for this purpose. Figure 1 shows the locations of the hundreds and this should give an indication of which hundred to select.

Alternatively, to view a list of all the units, expand the Township List section below. The first part of the unit name is the parish, followed by the township. If a third part is present, it represents a subunit of the township, or sometimes a detached part.

Townships List

At the bottom of the list are a small number of units within Yorkshire West Riding. The parishes of Mitton and Rochdale span the county boundary; others are present because of my interest in the area around Todmorden. (In Yorkshire the name Hundred was not used; they were called Wapentakes.)

Instructions for using the View Boundaries page

• Select the Hundred from the dropdown list.
• Select the Unit Name from the dropdown list.
• Click the Add Unit button.

Options

• The boundaries may be drawn in different colours. The colour must be set before the Add Unit button is clicked.
• The labels indicate the parish, township, and if there is one, the division.
• After ticking Labels draggable the label may be dragged to a new position. A hand cursor appears over the sensitive drag point.
• To remove a unit, Alt-click it and confirm or cancel in the dialogue box that appears.