Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Urmston

Urmston, township and ry. sta., Flixton par., SE. Lancashire, on river Mersey, 993 ac., pop. 2242; P.O., T.O.; the sta. is 5 miles SW. of Central Station, Manchester; in vicinity is Urmston Grange, seat; John Collins ("Tim Bobbin," 1708-86) was a native.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Flixton AP/CP       Urmston CP/Tn       Lancashire AncC
Place: Urmston

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