Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Greenalgh with Thistleton

Greenalgh with Thistleton, township, in par. and 3 miles NW. of Kirkham, N. Lancashire, 1897 ac., pop. 380; has ruins of Greenalgh Castle, which was garrisoned for Charles I. by Lord Derby (1643).


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

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

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