Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hightown

Hightown.-- coast vil. with ry. sta., SW. Lancashire, 1 mile S. of Formby sta. and 3½ miles NW. of Waterloo sta., Liverpool; Altcar Rifle Station is in vicinity.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "coastal village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lancashire AncC
Place: Hightown

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