Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Askern

Askern, township and vil. with ry. sta., Campsall par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 6¼ miles N. of Doncaster, 858 ac., pop. 548; P.O., T.O. It is much frequented for its medicinal springs.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Askern CP/Tn       Campsall AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Askern

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