A township in Garstang parish on the River Wyre about 6km north of Garstang near Cabus. Betty Swarbrick went to Nether Wyresdale with her younger children when her husband Henry Barton died or became otherwise separated from his family, probably around 1855. Betty’s sister, Nancy Swarbrick (aka Nancy Eccles) was living there, widowed. Nether Wyersdale is about 2km north of Cabus, Betty’s birthplace. The villages of Scorton and Lower Dolphinholme are in the present day parish of Nether Wyersdale.
See also http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/NetherWyresdale/