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Ribbleton, township, Preston par., N. Lancashire, mostly in bor. of Preston, 649 ac., pop. 575; at Ribbleton Moor the Duke of Hamilton was defeated, in 1648, by Cromwell, and the insurgents, in 1715, by Generals Willes and Carpenter.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Preston Parish Ribbleton Parish Lancashire Ancient County |
| Place: | Ribbleton |
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