Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CLIVIGER

CLIVIGER, a township in Whalley parish, Lancashire; on the Rose-Grove and Todmorden railway, near the source of the river Iswell, 3½ miles SE by S of Burnley. Acres, 6, 160. Real property, £14, 950; of which £7, 870 are in mines, and £179 in quarries. Pop., 1, 770. Houses, 346. The surface is hilly; the rocks include coal, iron ore, and lead ore; and the national productions include rare plants and rare birds of prey.


(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: Cliviger CP/Tn       Whalley Tn/AP/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Cliviger

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