Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Comber

Comber, market town and par. with ry. sta., N. co. Down, on river Comber, 8 miles SE. of Belfast -- par., 17,429 ac., pop. 6738; town, 95 ac., pop. 2165; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Tuesday.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Down IrlC
Place: Comber

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