Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Shawforth

Shawforth, vil. with ry. sta., Rochdale par., Lancashire, 2 miles S. of Bacup and 4?? miles N. of Rochdale; P.O.; has cotton mills.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lancashire AncC
Place: Shawforth

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