Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Oldcastle

Oldcastle.-- township, Malpas par., Cheshire, 2 miles SW. of Malpas, 845 ac., pop. 123. Oldcastle Heath was the scene of a conflict (1644) between the Parliamentarians and Royalists.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Malpas AP/Tn/CP       Oldcastle Tn/CP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Oldcastle

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