Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HIGHTOWN

HIGHTOWN, a village on the coast of Lancashire; near the river Alt and the Liverpool and Southport railway, 3½ miles NNW of Great Crosby. It has a station on the railway.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lancashire Ancient County
Place: Hightown

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