Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Leesfield

Leesfield, eccl. dist., Ashton under Lyne and Prestwich pars., SE. Lancashire, pop. 6173; the Ashton section contains the town of Lees.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lancashire Ancient County
Place: Lees

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