Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Clayton

Clayton.-- eccl. dist. and vil. (ry. sta. Clayton Bridge), Manchester par., SE. Lancashire, pop. 2380; the vil. is 3½ miles E. of Manchester.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Clayton Parish       Lancashire Ancient County
Place: Clayton

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