Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Littleborough

Littleborough.-- town with ry. sta., Rochdale par., SE. Lancashire, on river Roch and Rochdale Canal, 3½ miles NE. of Rochdale - pop. 10,406; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; shares in the manufacturing industries of Rochdale, of which town it is practically a suburb. Littleborough is a local government district.


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

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Feature Description: "town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Lancashire AncC
Place: Littleborough

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