Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Garstang

Garstang, market town, par., and township (ry. sta. Garstang and Catterall), N. Lancashire, on river Wyre, 10½ miles S. of Lancaster -- par., 29,422 ac. and 4439 foreshore, pop. 6645; township, 503 ac., pop. 783; town, pop. 2769; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Thursday. The neighbourhood contains several very large cotton factories.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town, parish and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Garstang CP/AP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Garstang

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