Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Church

Church.-- town with ry. sta., Whalley par., SE. Lancashire, on Leeds and Liverpool Canal, 1 mile NW. of Accrington and 210 miles NW. of London, 528 ac. (20 water), pop. 4850; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Whalley Tn/AP/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Church

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