We could not match "CROMPTON" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 16 possible matches we have found for you:
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There are no units called "CROMPTON"
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This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the
late 19th century over 90,000 entries.
Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for
placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those
already linked to "places"), the following
entries mention "CROMPTON":
Place name County Entry Source BOLTON Lancashire Crompton, who, when a weaver, lived at Hall-in-the-Wood, an old timbered seat of the Starkies in the neighbourhood Imperial COWLISHALL Lancashire COWLISHALL , a village in Crompton township, Prestwich parish, Lancashire; 2 miles N of Oldham. Imperial Crompton Lancashire Crompton , township, Prestwich par., SE. Lancashire, within Oldham parl. bor., 2864 ac., pop. 9797. Bartholomew CROMPTON Lancashire CROMPTON , a township and a sub-district in Oldham district, Lancashire. The township is in Prestwich parish, and within Oldham Imperial Crompton, East Lancashire Crompton, East , eccl. dist. (St James), Prestwich par., SE. Lancashire, pop. 4516. Bartholomew CROMPTON (East) Lancashire CROMPTON (East) , a chapelry in Crompton township, Prestwich parish, Lancashire, constituted in 1835. Post town, Shaw, under Oldham. Rated property Imperial Crompton, High Lancashire Crompton, High , eccl. dist. (St Mary) and vil., Prestwich par., SE. Lancashire, pop. 1899. The vil. is 3 miles N. of Oldham Bartholomew FARNWORTH Lancashire Crompton, for some time, carried on one of the largest paper-works in the kingdom; and is regarded, in statistics Imperial Hall Lancashire Hall , hamlet, in par. and near Bolton, SE. Lancashire. Samuel Crompton (1753-1827), the inventor of spinning machinery, lived here. Bartholomew HALL, or HALL-IN-THE-WOOD Lancashire WOOD, a hamlet in Boltonle-Moors parish, Lancashire; near Bolton. Crompton, the weaver, who invented the spinning mule, lived here. Imperial HORTON Staffordshire Cromptons, the Fowlers, and the Wedgwoods. The churchyard contains the tomb stone of a woman who died in 1787 at the age of 119. There Imperial Irk Lancashire Irk , river, SE. Lancashire; rises near Crompton, and flows 10 miles SW. to the Irwell at Manchester. Bartholomew IRK (THE) Lancashire IRK (THE) , a river of Lancashire; rising near Crompton, and running about 10 miles south-westward to the Irwell at Manchester. Imperial OLDHAM Lancashire Crompton, conterminate with the township of Crompton. All the district, except Middleton and Thornham townships, is in Prestwich parish. Acres Imperial PRESTOLEE Lancashire Crompton and W. J. Rideout, Esq. The church was built and endowed by the late Mrs. Crompton; and it has a largememorial Imperial PRESTWICH Lancashire Crompton; and is ecclesiastically cut into thesections of Prestwich, Hollinwood, Ringley, Prestolee, Oldham, St. Mary, O., St. Peter, O., St. James Imperial
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