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.
TUNSTEAD, a chapelry in Whalley and Rochdale parishes, Lancashire; 4 miles ESE of Haslingden. It contains the r. station and post-office of Stacksteads, and the village of Acre-Mill; it has two hotels, a literary institute, a working-men's club, co-operative shops, a reading room, and a small workhouse; and it was constituted in 1858. Pop. in 1861, 4,681. Houses, 908. Heath Hill, Spring Hill, and Fern Hill are chief residences; and there are many neat villas. Cotton manufacture, woollen manufacture, and stone-quarrying are largely carried on. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £300.* Patrons, Trustees. The church was built in 1840. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, and a large national school.
(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: | Whalley Tn/AP/CP Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Tunstead |
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