A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
TOWNELEY, a hamlet, with a r. station, in Whalley parish, Lancashire; on the Rose-Grove and Todmorden railway, 1 mile ENE of Burnley. T. Hall is the seat of the Towneley family; one of whom translated "Hudibras" into French, while another collected "the Towneley marbles" now in the British museum.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet, with a r station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Whalley Tn/AP/CP Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Towneley |
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