Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Penketh

Penketh, township (ry. sta. Sankey), Prescot par., SW. Lancashire, on the river Mersey and Sankey Canal, 3½ miles SW. of Warrington, 1059 ac. (69 water), pop. 1239; P.O.; contains Penketh Hall, seat.


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

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

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