Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Shaw

Shaw, eccl. dist. and vil. with ry. sta., Precitwich par., SE. Lancashire - dist., pop. 3382; vil., on river Beal, 3½ miles N. of Oldham; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lancashire AncC
Place: Shaw

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