Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Formby

Formby, coast township and vil. with ry. sta., Walton on the Hill par., SW. Lancashire, 7 miles SW. of Southport, 6619 ac., pop. 3908; P.O., T.O.; 1½ mile N. of vil. is Formby Hall.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "coastal township and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Formby Parish       Walton on the Hill Parish       Lancashire Ancient County
Place: Formby

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