Leigh, West (or Westleigh) | As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)

Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Leigh, West (or Westleigh)

Leigh, West (or Westleigh), township and ry. sta., Leigh par., SW. Lancashire, wholly in town of Leigh, 1883 ac., pop. 7848; P.O.; the station is 7 miles SW. of Bolton.

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

Linked entities:
Feature Description:	"township and railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units:	Lancashire Ancient County
Place:	West Leigh

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