Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ECCLESTON (Great)

ECCLESTON (Great), a township in St. Michael-on-Wyre parish, Lancashire; on the river Wyre, 5½ miles SW of Garstang. It has a post office under Garstang. Acres, 1, 412. Real property, £3, 637. Pop., 641. Houses, 141. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Roman Catholics. See Copp.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Great Eccleston Tn/CP       St Michael on Wyre CP/AP       Lancashire AncC
Place names: ECCLESTON     |     ECCLESTON GREAT     |     GREAT ECCLESTON
Place: Great Eccleston

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