Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Flixton

Flixton.-- par. and township with ry. sta., SE. Lancashire, between rivers Irwell and Mersey, 7 miles SW. of Manchester -- par., 2557 ac., pop. 4018; township, 1564 ac., pop. 1776; P.O.; contains Flixton Hall and Flixton House.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Flixton AP/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Flixton

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