Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Rishton

Rishton, township and ry. sta., Blackburn par., NE. Lancashire, 3 miles NE. of Blackburn, 2982 ac., pop. 4055; P.O., T.O.; has collieries, fire-brick works, #c.; f mile from sta. are Rishton Mills, paperworks.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Blackburn AP/CP       Rishton Tn/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Rishton

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