Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Rufford

Rufford.-- par. and vil. with ry. sta., SW. Lancashire, on river Douglas, 5½ m. NE. of Ormskirk, 3120 ac., pop. 905; P.O.; near vil. is Rufford Hall, seat.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Rufford Ch/AP/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Rufford

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