A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
STANLEY, a chapelry in West Derby parish, Lancashire; suburban to Liverpool, and 1½ mile NNE of Edgehill r. station. It contains Liverpool cattle-market and Old Swan; the latter of which has a post-office under Liverpool. The statistics are returned with the parish. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Salisbury. There are extensive borax works. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £150. Patron, the Rev. T. Gardner. The church is in plain Grecian style. There are chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, and Roman Catholics.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | West Derby AP/CP/Ch Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Stanley |
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