Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WILPSHIRE

WILPSHIRE, a township in Blackburn parish, Lancashire; 3½ miles N by E of Blackburn. Acres, 940. Real property, £1,046. Pop., 228. Houses, 48. Ribchester r. station is here.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Blackburn AP/CP       Wilpshire CP/Tn       Lancashire AncC
Place: Wilpshire

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