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WALKDEN-MOOR, a chapelry in Eccles parish, Lancashire; 2 miles NNW of Eccles r. station. It was constituted in 1863; and it has a post-office under Bolton. Pop., about 3,000. The cotton manufacture is carried on. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £150. Patron, the Earl of Ellesmere. The church is recent and handsome.
(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: | Walkden |
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