Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Longton

Longton, township and vil. with ry. sta., Penwortham par., N. Lancashire, at head of Ribble estuary, 5 miles SW. of Preston, 3135 ac. land and 506 water, pop. 1443; P.O.; has 2 breweries, and carries on malting.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Longton CP/Ch       Penwortham AP/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Longton

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