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Melling.-- par. and vil. with ry. sta., N. Lancashire, in Lune Valley, 1¼ mile NW. of Wennington Junction and 11¾ miles NE. of Lancaster, 23,437 ac., pop. 1809; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is Melling Hall, seat.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "parish and village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Melling CP/AP Lancashire AncC |
Place: | Melling |
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