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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Edgeworth like this:
EDGEWORTH, a township and a sub-district in Bolton parish, Lancashire. The township lies near the Bolton and Blackburn railway, 7½ miles NNW of Bolton. Acres, 2, 480. Real property, £4, 378; of which £465 are in quarries. Pop., 1, 350. Houses, 273. There are a cotton-mill, a school-church, Independent chapels of 1822 and 1867, and a Wesleyan chapel of 1863. The sub-district includes two other townships. Acres, 4, 430. Pop., 2, 025. Houses, 406.
Edgeworth is now part of BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Edgeworth itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Edgeworth, in Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10163
Date accessed: 16th November 2025
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