Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OSBALDESTON

OSBALDESTON, a township in Blackburn parish, Lancashire; near the river Ribble, 4¼ miles N W by N of Blackburn. Acres, 980. Real property, £1, 248. Pop., 238. Houses, 49. There is a Roman Catholicchapel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Blackburn AP/CP       Osbaldeston CP/Tn       Lancashire AncC
Place: Osbaldeston

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