Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Glenavy

Glenavy, par. and vil. with ry. sta., S. co. Antrim, 15 miles W. of Belfast -- par., 7753 ac., pop. 2038; vil., pop. 136; P.O.; the vil. is partly in Camlin par., and stands upon the rivulet Glenavy, which flows into Lough Neagh.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Antrim IrlC
Place: Glenavy

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