Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Garston

Garston.-- coast town and township, Childwall par., SW. Lancashire, on river Mersey, 4 miles SE. of Liverpool by rail, 1625 ac., pop. 10,271; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Salt is the chief mfr., and there are docks and ironworks.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "coastal town and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Childwall AP/CP       Garston CP/Ch       Lancashire AncC
Place: Garston

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