Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bedford

Bedford, township with ry. sta., in par. and 1 mile NE. of Leigh, SW. Lancashire, 2826 ac., pop. 7246; contains B. St Thomas, eccl. dist., pop. 6822.


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

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

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