Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GATEACRE

GATEACRE, a village on the S border of Lancashire; 2 miles S of Roby r. station, and 5¼ ESE of Liverpool. It has a post office under Liverpool.


(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: Gateacre

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