Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Elton

Elton, township, in par. and mostly in parl. bor. of Bury, SE. Lancashire, 2553 ac. (67 water), pop. 11,947; pop. of burghal part, 10,895; contains the Elton Paper Mills.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bury CP/AP/Tn       Elton CP/Tn       Lancashire AncC
Place: Elton

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