Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Purston

Purston, eccl. dist. and vil., Featherstone par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - dist., pop. 2703; contains Purston Jaglin township; vil., 2 miles NW. of Pontefract; P.O., T.O.; in vicinity is Purston Lodge, seat.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Featherstone Tn/AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Purston Jaglin

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