Description
Cuerden, a township in Bamber Bridge ecclesiastical parish, Lancashire, on the river Lostock, and on the Preston and Wigan railway, l 1/4 mile from Leyland railway station, 5 miles NNW of Chorley. Acreage, 808; population, 456. Cuerden Hall belonged to the Banastres, and passed to the Parkers, who are lords of the manor and chief landowners. Dr. Kuerden, the antiquary, was a native.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
