Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Carnforth

Carnforth, township and ry. junc., Warton par., N. Lancashire, 6 miles NE. of Lancaster, 1459 ac. and 632 ac. foreshore, pop. 1879; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and railway junction"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lancashire AncC
Place: Carnforth

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