Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for READ

READ, a township in Whalley parish, Lancashire; 2 miles E of Whalley r. station. Acres, 1, 490. Real property, £2, 982. Pop., 531. Houses, 101. Read Hallis the seat of R. Fort, Esq. There are a cotton-mill and a national school.


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

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

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