Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HAIGHTON

HAIGHTON, a township in Preston parish, Lancashire; on the river Wyre, 4 miles NNE of Preston. It includes the hamlet of Cow Hill. Acres, 1, 054. Real property, £1, 554. Pop., 222. Houses, 40.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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

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