Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Heap

Heap, township, Bury par., SE. Lancashire, 2938 ac., pop. 17,686 (763 being in the parl. and mun. bor. of Bury and 16,590 in the mun. bor. of Hey wood); P.O., T.O., called Heap Bridge; here are the Heap Bridge Paper Mills.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bury CP/AP/Tn       Heap CP/Tn       Lancashire AncC
Place names: HEAP     |     HEAP BRIDGE
Place: Heap

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