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Clifton, township and ry. junc., Eccles par., SE. Lancashire, on Bury and Bolton Canal, 4 m. NW. of Manchester, 1194 ac. (35 water), pop. 2578; has coal mines; in vicinity of sta. are C. House and C. Hall.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "township and railway junction" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Lancashire AncC |
Place: | Clifton |
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