Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HAULGH

HAULGH, a township in Bolton-le-Moors parish, Lancashire; within Bolton borough, ¾ of a mile NE of Bolton. Acres, with Tonge, 1, 030. Real property, with Tonge, £11, 421; of which £800 are in mines, and £375 in railways. Pop. of H. alone, in 1851, 1, 360; in 1861, 2, 018. Houses, 409. The increase of pop. arose from the erection of cotton mills.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bolton le Moors CP/AP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Haulgh

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