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.
DUNHAM-ON-THE-HILL, a township in Thornton-le-Moors parish, Cheshire; on the Chester and Manchester railway, and near the Ellesmere canal, 5½ miles NE of Chester. It has a station on the railway, a post office under Preston-Brook, and fairs on 5 Jan. and 5 July. Acres, 1, 458. Real property, £2, 274. Pop., 320. Houses, 56. A small church was built here, in 1862, in the decorated English style, at a cost of £800, exclusive of site. There is also a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Dunham on the Hill Tn/CP Thornton le Moors CP/AP Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Dunham on the Hill |
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