Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Leyland

Leyland, town, par., and township with ry. sta., N. Lancashire, 4½ miles S. of Preston - par., 19,266 ac., pop. 14,116; town and township, 3726 ac., pop. 4961; P.O., T. O., 2 Banks; the trade is mainly agricultural. Leyland is a local government district.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town, parish, and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Leyland AP/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Leyland

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