Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Whitworth

Whitworth, local government dist. and ry. sta., Spotland township, Rochdale par., SE. Lancashire, 3 miles N. of Rochdale by rail, 8000 ac., pop. 11,892; P.O., T.O.; has mining and quarrying, and partakes in the general industries of Rochdale.


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

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Feature Description: "local government district and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Whitworth CP/Ch       Lancashire AncC
Place: Whitworth

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