Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Milnthorpe

Milnthorpe.-- market town and river port with ry. sta., Heversham par., Westmorland, on river Kent, 7½ miles S. of Kendal, pop. 1174; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Friday. Milnthorpe has some textile mfrs. and a coasting trade. See HEVERSHAM WITH MILNTHORPE.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Westmorland Ancient County
Place: Milnthorpe

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