Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Turton

Turton, town and township, Bolton le Moors par., SE. Lancashire, 4 miles N. of Bolton by rail, 4014 ac., pop. 5653; P.O., T.O.; Turton has cotton-mills, print-works, bleach-works, paperworks, &c.; British and Roman relics have been found.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Bolton le Moors CP/AP       Turton CP/Ch       Lancashire AncC
Place: Turton

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