A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CHARLESTOWN, a chapelry in Eccles parish, Lancashire; adjacent to the Manchester and Preston railway, near the river Irwell, in the northern part of Salford, suburban to Manchester. Post Town, Manchester. Pop., about 5,000. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of Manchester.
(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: | Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Charlestown |
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