KIRKHAM, a town of the county of Lancaster, in the hundred of Amounderness, 226 miles from London. It is near the river Ribble, and has a way across the sands and that river, which requires a guide, to Tarleton, a distance of three miles. There is a market on Thursday; and some sail-cloth manufactories are carried on. The inhabitants
Kirkkilissa amounted in 1801 to 1561, in 1811 to 2214, in 1821 to 2735, and in 1831 to 2469.