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Withnell, township and ry. sta., Ley land par., N. Lancashire, 5 miles SW. of Blackburn, 3628 ac., pop. 2106; P.O.; has cotton mills and bleach works, and the Withnell Fold paperworks.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "township and railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Lancashire AncC |
Place: | Withnell |
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