Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bentham

Bentham.-- par. and market town with ry. sta., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 10 miles NW. of Settle and 253 miles from London, 32,930 ac., pop. 6047; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Monday.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and market town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Bentham AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Bentham

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