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Earlestown, town with ry. sta. (Earlestown Junction), SW. Lancashire, 5 miles N. of Warrington, 14 E. of Liverpool, and 16 W. of Manchester, pop. 5497; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 2 newspapers; has mining, iron-founding, and engineering, and is the chief waggon depot of the London and North-Western Ry.; in the immediate neighbourhood are the Sankey sugar works.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "town with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Lancashire Ancient County |
| Place: | Earlstown |
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