Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ireleth cum Askham

Ireleth cum Askham, eccl. dist. (ry. sta. Askham), Dalton in Furness par., N. Lancashire, pop. 3296; contains Ireleth, vil., 2½ miles N. of Dalton; in the dist. are large ironworks and extensive iron ore mines.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Dalton in Furness AP/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Ireleth

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