Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STONECLOUGH

STONECLOUGH, a place in the S of Lancashire; on the Manchester and Bolton railway, 7½ miles NW of Manchester. It has a station with telegraph on the railway, and a post-office under Manchester.


(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: Stoneclough

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