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.
CHURCH, or Church-Kirk, a township-chapelry in Whalley parish, Lancashire; on the East Lancashire railway, 1 mile NNW of Accrington. It has a post office †-under Accrington, and a r. station. Acres, 620. Real property, £13, 452; of which £2, 000 are in mines, and £659 in quarries. Pop., 4, 753. Houses, 873. The property is much subdivided. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in factories. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £650.* Patrons, Hulme's Trustees. The church is good. St. Paul's is a new and separate charge. There are three Methodist chapels, a Roman Catholic chapel, and two national schools.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Church CP/Tn Whalley Tn/AP/CP Lancashire AncC |
| Place names: | CHURCH | CHURCH KIRK | CHURCH OR CHURCH KIRK |
| Place: | Church |
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