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.
HAYDOCK, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Ashton-in-Mackerfield parish, Lancashire. The village stands 2 miles NW of Newton-in-Mackerfield r. station, and 3½ ENE of St. Helens; and has a post-office under St. Helens, a police station, and a mechanics' institute. The township comprises 2,263 acres. Real property, £14,266; of which 4,828 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 1,994; in 1861, 3,615. Houses, 601. The increase of pop. arose from the extension of collieries and the establishment of a foundry. The chapelry was constituted in 1864; and the living of it is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, not reported. Patron, the Rector of Ashton-in-Mackerfield. The church was built in 1867. There are a Wesleyan chapel, national and British schools, and a large lunatic asylum.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Ashton in Makerfield Ch/CP Haydock CP/Tn Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Haydock |
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