Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BOWLAND-FOREST (High)

BOWLAND-FOREST (High), a township in Slaidburn parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Hodder, 10 miles NW of Clitheroe. It includes the hamlets of Dunsap and Battrix. Acres, with Low Bowland-Forest, 19,058. Real property, £2,820. Pop., 169. Houses, 25.


(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: Slaidburn AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: BOWLAND FOREST     |     BOWLAND FOREST HIGH     |     HIGH BOWLAND FOREST
Place: Bowland

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