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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Worsley, township and manufacturing vil. with ry. sta., Eccles par., SE. Lancashire - township (containing parts of S win ton and Pendlebury), 6928 ac., pop. 21,207; vil., 6 miles NW. of Manchester; P.O., T.O.; has cotton mfrs., ironworking, brickmaking,and coal mining. Worsley Hall is the seat of the Earl of Ellesmere.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Worsley |
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