Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Burscough within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Burscough, township and vil. with ry. sta. (B. Junction), Ormskirk par., SW. Lancashire, 3½ miles N. of Ormskirk, 4960 ac., pop. 2290; has cotton mfrs.; 1 mile S. of vil. are remains of a priory, long the burial-place of the Stanleys; partly in the township is Burscough Bridge, eccl. dist. and ry. sta., pop. 3596; P.O.