Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ribchester

Ribchester, small town, par., and township, NE. Lancashire, on river Ribble, 5½ miles NW. of Blackburn - par., 7685 ac., pop. 5378; township, 2211 ac., pop. 1282; P.O.; occupies the she of a Roman station, and has yielded numerous Roman relics.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "small town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Lancashire AncC
Place: Ribchester

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