Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Shevington

Shevington, township, Standish par., Lancashire, on river Douglas, 4 miles NW. of Wigan, 1728 ac., pop. 1570; P.O., called Shevington Moor. Coal is worked; the township contains Shevington Hall, seat.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Shevington CP/Tn       Standish CP/AP       Lancashire AncC
Place names: SHEVINGTON     |     SHEVINGTON MOOR
Place: Shevington

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