Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Broughton, West

Broughton, West, township with ry. sta., Kirkby Ireleth par., N. Lancashire, on river Duddon, 9 miles NW. of Ulverston, 6964 ac. and 334 water, pop. 1171. See BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Broughton West CP/Ch       Kirkby Ireleth AP/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place names: BROUGHTON     |     BROUGHTON WEST     |     WEST BROUGHTON
Place: Broughton in Furness

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