Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wheelton

Wheelton, township, Leyland par., N. Lancashire, 3 miles NE. of Chorley, 1696 ac., pop. 1570; P.O.; has cotton mills.


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

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

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