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.
EDENFIELD, a chapelry and a sub-district in Haslingden district, Lancashire. The chapelry is in Bury parish; lies on the Rosendale railway, 2½ miles S of Haslingden; and has a post office under Bury-Lane. Pop., 3, 074. The property is subdivided. Many of the inhabitants are employed in cotton mills. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. -Value, £163.* Patron, the Rector of Bury. The church is tolerable; and there are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.—The sub-district contains the townships of Musbury and Tottington-Higher-End. Acres, 4, 856. Pop., 4, 723. Houses, 904.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Bury CP/AP/Tn Haslingden RegD/PLU Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Edenfield |
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