Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Walton on the Hill

Walton on the Hill.-- town, par., and township with ry. sta., SW. Lancashire - par. (mostly in bor. of Liverpool, and containing Bootle, Everton, and Kirkdale), 20,096 ac., pop. 220,353; township, 1944 ac., pop. 18,715; town, 3 miles NW. of Central Station, Liverpool, 1907 ac., pop. 18,536; P.O., T.O., called Walton; is a local government district, and has numerous fine villas.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town, parish, and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Walton on the Hill CP/AP       Lancashire AncC
Place names: WALTON     |     WALTON ON THE HILL
Place: Walton on the Hill

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