Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EARLSTOWN

EARLSTOWN, a new large village in Newton-in-Mackerfield parish, Lancashire; on the Manchester and Liverpool railway, 1½ mile WSW of Newton. It has a post office† under Warrington and a r. station.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a new large village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lancashire AncC
Place: Earlstown

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