Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GALGATE

GALGATE, a village in Ellel township, Lancashire; 4 miles S of Lancaster. It has a r. station, a post office under Lancaster, three factories, Independent and Wesleyan chapels, and an endowed school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lancashire AncC
Place: Galgate

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