Victoria County History, Lancashire. Constable and Co. Ltd., London, 1911-14. The descriptions of places are arranged firstly by hundreds and then by their subdivisions of ecclesiastical parishes and townships, with maps showing respective boundaries.

Victoria County History, County of Chester; Vol. II. Published by the Oxford University Press for the University of London Institute of Historical Research, 1979.
This vol. contains a "Population Table 1801-1971" which includes details of changes in the areas of civil parishes and some other local government areas between these dates.

The genealogists' atlas of Lancashire. J.P. Smith. Henry Young and Sons Ltd., Liverpool, 1930. Maps of the boundaries of hundreds, ecclesiastical parishes and townships.

The historical atlas of Cheshire. D. Sylvester and E. Nulty (ed.). Cheshire Community Council, Chester, 1958.
This vol. contains a small-scale map of the ancient ecclesiastical parishes and their constituent townships and another map of civil parishes and other modern government areas, c.1958.

Dictionary of civil parishes in England and Wales. Chas. Knight and Co., Ltd., London, various dates.
In Part I, civil parishes are named in alphabetical order and other local government areas in which they were situated (e.g. unions, rural districts) are shown. In Part III unions are named in alphabetical order and civil parishes contained in their areas are shown.

The place-names of Cheshire, pts. 1-2. J. McN. Dodgson. (English Place-Name Society). Cambridge University Press, 1970.

The place-names of Lancashire. E. Ekwall. Manchester University Press, 1922. EP Publishing Ltd., 1972.

The place-names of Lancashire. D. Mills. B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1976.