Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cockersand Abbey

Cockersand Abbey, par., N. Lancash., at mouth of the Cocker, 6½ m. SW. of Lancaster, 346 ac., pop. 36. Of the Abbey (1190) only the octagonal chapter-house remains.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cockersand Abbey Parish       Lancashire Ancient County
Place: Cockersand Abbey

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