Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Altham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Altham, township and eccl. dist. (St James), Whalley par., NE. Lancashire, on river Henburn, 4 miles W. of Burnley, 1440 ac. (23 water), pop. 395.