Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Altham

Altham, township and eccl. dist. (St James), Whalley par., NE. Lancashire, on river Henburn, 4 miles W. of Burnley, 1440 ac. (23 water), pop. 395.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and ecclesiastical district"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Altham CP/Ch       Lancashire AncC
Place: Altham

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