Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Parbold

Parbold, township and vil. with ry. sta., Eccleston par., N. Lancashire - par., 1159 ac., pop. 529; vil., 6 miles NW. of Wigan; P.O., T.O.; near the vil. is Parbold Hall, seat. Parbold Hill commands views of the Isle of Man, and the Welsh and Cumberland mountains.


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

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

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