Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Read

Read, township and vil., in par. and 2 miles E. of Whalley, NE. Lancashire, 1548 ac., pop. 909; P.O.; has a cotton mill; near vil. is Read Hall, seat.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Read CP/Tn       Whalley Tn/AP/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Read

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