Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DALTON

DALTON, a township in Wigan parish, Lancashire; near the Leeds and Liverpool canal, and the Southport and Wigan railway, 5½ miles WNW of Wigan. Acres, 2, 090. Real property, £3, 747; of which £100 are in mines. Pop., 453. Houses, 82.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Dalton CP/Tn       Wigan CP/Tn/AP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Dalton

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