A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Chat Moss, peat-bog, in S. of Lancashire, 7 miles W. of Manchester; has an area of 10 sq. m., and varies in depth from 10 to 30 ft.; the Liverpool and Manchester Ry. was successfully carried across it in 1829 through the engineering skill of George Stephenson.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "peat-bog" (ADL Feature Type: "wetlands") |
| Administrative units: | Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Chat Moss |
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