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NELSON, a village in Little Marsden township, Whalley parish, Lancashire; adjacent to the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, 3½ miles N N E of Burnley. It has a station on the railway, a post-office under Burnley, and an Independent chapel built in 1865; and is lightedwith gas.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Whalley Parish Lancashire Ancient County |
| Place: | Nelson |
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