Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CROSBY (Little)

CROSBY (Little), a township in Sephton parish, Lancashire; on the coast, 7½ miles NNW of Liverpool. Acres, 6, 241; of which 4, 430 are water. Real property, £4, 190. Pop., 418. Houses, 62. Crosby Hall is the seat of the Blundells. There is a Roman Catholic chapel.


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

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Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Lancashire AncC
Place names: CROSBY     |     CROSBY LITTLE     |     LITTLE CROSBY
Place: Little Crosby

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