A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
DOUGLAS, a chapelry in Eccleston parish, Lancashire; on the river Douglas and the Southport and Wigan railway, near Newburgh r. station, 5½ miles ENE of Ormskirk. Post town, Parbold, under Ormskirk. Rated property, £2, 500. Pop., 1, 730. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £137.* Patron, the Rector of Eccleston. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Douglas |
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