Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Skerton

Skerton, township, Lancaster par., N. Lancashire, on the river Lune, forming a N. suburb of Lancaster, 1316 ac. (55 water), pop. 2838; P.O.; a handsome 5-arched bridge unites Skerton with Lancaster.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Lancaster AP/Tn/CP       Skerton CP/Tn       Lancashire AncC
Place: Skerton

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