Sawley, Lancashire

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Sawley is a village in Lancashire

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Sawley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Sawley in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Sawley, township and vil., Mitton par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - township, 2104 ac., pop. 178; vil., on river Ribble, 4 miles NE. of Clitheroe; P.O.; the ruins of Sawley Abbey, founded in 1147, are in the vicinity, and form a source of great attraction to visitors.

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