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