A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BELMONT, a chapelry in Bolton-le-Moors parish, Lancashire; 3¾ miles E of Chorley r. station. It was constituted in 1851; and has a post office under Bolton. Rated property, £4,005. Pop., 1,033. Houses, 202. There are cotton-mills and print-works. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £120.* Patron, the Rev.Wright. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Bolton le Moors CP/AP Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Belmont |
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