Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Darwen

Darwen, rivulet, NE. Lancashire; rises nr. Rumblesmoor, and flows 16 miles W. to the Ribble at Preston. Darwen, Lower, township and ry. sta., Blackburn par., NE. Lancashire, partly within Over Darwen mun. bor., but mostly within the mun. bor. of Blackburn, 2667 ac., pop. 4531; P.O.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "rivulet"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: Lancashire AncC
Place: Darwen

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