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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CROMPTON, a township and a sub-district in Oldham district, Lancashire. The township is in Prestwich parish, and within Oldham borough; lies near the Oldham and the Rochdale railways, 3 miles N of Oldham; contains the villages of High-Crompton, Cowlishall, and Shaw, the last of which has a post office under Oldham; and is divided into the chapelries of East Crompton and Shaw. Acres, 2, 864. Real property, £22, 972; of which £2, 779 are in mines, £1, 060 in quarries, and £350 in gas-works. Pop., 7, 032. Houses, 1, 460. Many of the inhabitants are employed in collieries and in large cotton mills. The sub-district is conterminate with the township.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Crompton Tn/CP Oldham RegD/PLU Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Crompton |
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