Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TOTTINGTON

TOTTINGTON, a chapelry, which is also a sub-district, in Tottington-Lower-End township, Bury parish and district, Lancashire; 2½ miles NNW of Bury r. station. It was constituted in 1843; and it has a village of its own name, a post-office under Bury, and a fair on the third Friday of Aug. Pop., 5,119. Houses, 992. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to the Crown; was given, by Charles II., to Gen. Monk; and passed, through the Duchess of Buccleuch, to Lord Montague. There are numerous good residences. T. Hall is a classical academy. Cotton manufacture is largely carried on. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £300.* Patron, the Rector of Bury. The church is plain. There are an Independent chapel, and a national school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry, which is also a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Tottington CP/Tn       Lancashire AncC
Place: Tottington

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