Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BOWLAND-FOREST (Low), or Whitewell

BOWLAND-FOREST (Low), or Whitewell, a township in Whalley parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Hodder, 7 miles WNW of Clitheroe. A portion of it, including Harrop-Fold hamlet, lies detached from the rest. Real property, £3,715. Pop., 319. houses, 50.


(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: Yorkshire AncC
Place names: BOWLAND FOREST     |     BOWLAND FOREST LOW     |     BOWLAND FOREST LOW OR WHITEWELL     |     LOW BOWLAND FOREST     |     WHITEWELL
Place: Whitewell

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