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Poulton.-- (or Poulton le Sands), township, Lancaster par., N. Lancashire, on Morecambe Bay, 3½ miles NW. of Lancaster, 1725 ac. and 4363 foreshore, pop. 3931; the township forms a local government district called Poulton, Bare and Torrisholme. See MORECAMBE.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Lancaster AP/Tn/CP Lancashire AncC |
Place names: | POULTON | POULTON LE SANDS | POULTON OR POULTON LE SANDS |
Place: | Morecambe |
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