Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BILLINGTON

BILLINGTON, a subdistrict in Blackburn parish and district, Lancashire. It comprises the township of Billington-Langho and three other townships. Acres, 5,550. Pop., 1,717. Houses, 338.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a subdistrict"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Blackburn AP/CP       Blackburn RegD/PLU       Lancashire AncC
Place: Billington

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