Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOUGHTON

HOUGHTON, a hamlet and a township in Winwick parish, Lancashire. The hamlet lies 2½ miles NNE of Warrington. The township includes also Middleton and Arbury, and comprises 839 acres. Real property, £, 1, 745. Pop., 253. Houses, 45.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet and a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lancashire AncC
Place: Houghton Green

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