Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RIXTON

RIXTON, a township and a sub-district in Warrington parish and district, Lancashire. The township lies5½ miles E by N of Warrington, and bears the name of Rixton-with-Glazebrook. Acres, 2, 840. Real property, £4, 298. Pop., 752. Houses, 151. There are a Roman Catholic chapel, and charities £9.—The sub-district contains also two other townships. Acres, 5, 517. Pop., 1, 920. Houses, 379.


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

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Feature Description: "a township and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Warrington CP/AP       Warrington RegD/PLU       Lancashire AncC
Place: Rixton

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