Woolton (or Much Woolton) | As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)

Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Woolton (or Much Woolton)

Woolton (or Much Woolton), town and township, Childwall par., SW. Lancashire, 5 miles SE. of Liverpool, 795 ac., pop. 4541; P.O., T.O. Much Woolton is a local government district, and has a fine church, a mechanics institution, several schools, and numerous residences of Liverpool merchants.

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

Linked entities:
Feature Description:	"town and township" (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units:	Childwall Parish Lancashire Ancient County
Place names:	MUCH WOOLTON \| WOOLTON \| WOOLTON OR MUCH WOOLTON
Place:	Much Woolton

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