Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wrightington

Wrightington, township and vil., Eccleston par., N. Lancashire - township, 3916 ac., pop. 1520; vil., 4 miles NW. of Wigan; P.O.; in vicinity is Wrightington Hall, seat.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lancashire AncC
Place: Wrightington

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