Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Sefton (or Sephton)

Sefton (or Sephton), par. and township with ry. sta., SW. Lancashire - par. (containing Great Crosby), 12,688 ac., pop. 19,707; township, 1234 ac., pop. 382; the sta. is 6 miles N. of Liverpool. The Liverpool racecourse is here. The par. gives title to the Earl of Sefton.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Sefton CP/AP       Lancashire AncC
Place names: SEFTON     |     SEFTON OR SEPHTON     |     SEPHTON
Place: Sefton

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