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Rainford, town and township (ry. stations Rainford and Rainford Junction), Prescot par., SW. Lancashire, 4 miles NW. of St Helens, 5872 ac., pop. 3745; P.O., T.O.; in vicinity is Rainford Hall, seat; Rainford has mfrs. of tobacco pipes and crucibles, and in the neighbourhood are coal mines; scythestone abounds; much of the land is reclaimed morass.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "town and township" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
Administrative units: | Prescot AP/CP Rainford CP/Ch Lancashire AncC |
Place: | Rainford |
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