Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Roby

Roby, eccl. dist. and ry. sta., Huyton par., SW. Lancashire - dist., pop. 1022; P.O., T.O.; the sta. is 4½ miles E. of Lime Street sta., Liverpool; adjacent is Roby Hall, seat. See HUYTON WITH ROBY.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Huyton AP/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Roby

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