A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
NEWBROUGH, or Newburgh, a hamlet-chapelry in Lathom parish, Lancashire; on the Southport and Manchester railway, adjacent to the Leeds and Liverpoolcanal, and near the river Douglas, 5 miles E N E of Ormskirk. It has a station, of the name of Newburgh, on the railway; and its post town is Ormskirk. Pop., about655. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £90. Patron, the Earl of Derby. The church is a neat building; and consists of a nave, with campanile.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Lathom Ch/CP Lancashire AncC |
| Place names: | NEWBROUGH | NEWBROUGH OR NEWBURGH | NEWBURGH |
| Place: | Newburgh |
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