Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOLLINGWORTH

HOLLINGWORTH, a place on the E border of Lancashire; near the Manchester and Leeds railway, and under Blackstone-Edge, 3 miles NE of Rochdale. A large reservoir is here, on which a small steamer plies, and where pleasure-boats are lent on hire.


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

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Feature Description: "a place"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lancashire AncC
Place: Hollingworth

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