Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Croston

Croston.-- par., township and vil. with ry. sta., SW. Lancashire, 6 miles W. of Chorley -- par., 11,498 ac. and 1029 foreshore, pop. 4092; township, 2361 ac., pop. 1791; P.O., T.O.; contains C. Hall.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, township and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Croston AP/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Croston

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