Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Whaley

Whaley, township, Taxall par., Cheshire, at E. border of co., on river Goyt, 5½ miles NW. of Chapel en le Frith and 10½ SE. of Stockport; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; coal mines are in the neighbourhood.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Taxal AP/CP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Whaley Bridge

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