Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Mawdesley

Mawdesley, township, eccl. dist., and vil., Croston par., N. Lancashire - township, 2950 ac., pop. 928; dist., pop. 1208; vil., 6 miles SW. of Chorley; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is Mawdesley Hall, an ancient mansion.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township, ecclesiastical district"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Mawdesley CP/Tn       Lancashire AncC
Place: Mawdesley

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