Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHINLEY, BUGSWORTH, And BROWNSIDE

CHINLEY, BUGSWORTH, And BROWNSIDE, a township in Glossop parish, Derby; around Chinley railway station, 2 miles NNW of chapel-en-le-Frith. Acres, 3, 805. Real property, £5, 921. Pop., 1, 229. Houses, 247. Here are an Independent chapel and a Wesleyan Methodist chapel; the former served originally by William Bagshaw, "the Apostle of the Peak. "


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Glossop AP/CP       Derbyshire AncC
Place: Chinley

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