Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Whiston

Whiston.-- township, Prescot par., SW. Lancashire, on S. side of Prescot, 1783 ac., pop. 2705; P.O.


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

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

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