Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HARWOOD

HARWOOD, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Bolton-le-Moors parish, Lancashire. The village stands 3 miles NE of Bolton r. station, and 4 W of Bury. The township comprises 1, 100 acres. Post town, Bolton. Real property, £5, 556; of which £800 are in mines, and £400 in quarries. Pop., 2, 055. Houses, 435. The property is much subdivided. There are a cotton mill and a and was constituted in 1845. Pop., 1, 525. Houses, 326. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £90.* Patrons, Trustees. The church is a recent structure, in the early English style; and has a small tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and a national school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Bolton le Moors CP/AP       Harwood CP/Tn       Lancashire AncC
Place: Harwood

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