Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Waterfoot

Waterfoot, eccl. dist. and ry. sta. (for Newchurch), Bury, Rochdale, and Whalley pars., NE. Lancashire, 2½ miles SW. of Bacup, pop. 3822; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; has cotton mills, and woollen factories.


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

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

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