Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PRESTON-RICHARD

PRESTON-RICHARD, a township in Heversham parish, Westmoreland; in the valley of the Beetha river, to the E of Heversham. It contains the hamlets of Crooklands, Endmoor, and Milton. Acres, 1, 760. Real property, £3, 337. Pop., 504. Houses, 83. There are gun-powder-works.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Heversham CP/AP       Preston Richard Tn/CP       Westmorland AncC
Place: Preston Richard

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