Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Rawtenstall

Rawtenstall, town with ry. sta., Bury and Whalley pars., NE. Lancashire, 4 miles W. of Bacup and 8 N. of Bury, 1667 ac., pop. 12,571; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; carries on cotton and woollen mfrs.; is of comparatively recent origin, and consists of regular and well-built streets.


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

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Feature Description: "town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Lancashire AncC
Place: Rawtenstall

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