Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FERRY-HOUSE

FERRY-HOUSE, a place on the N border of Lancashire; on the W shore of Windermere, 1¼ mile SW of Bowness. It has a commodious inn, is a ferry-station on the lake, and commands noble views.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a place"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lancashire Ancient County
Place: Ferry House

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