Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Crompton, High

Crompton, High, eccl. dist. (St Mary) and vil., Prestwich par., SE. Lancashire, pop. 1899. The vil. is 3 miles N. of Oldham.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district (St Mary) and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Prestwich CP/AP       Lancashire AncC
Place names: CROMPTON     |     CROMPTON HIGH     |     HIGH CROMPTON
Place: Crompton

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