Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Astley

Astley.-- township with ry. sta., Leigh par., SE. Lancash., 8½ miles W. of Manchester, 2685 ac., pop.2669; P.O.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lancashire AncC
Place: Astley

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