Ashworth

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ASHWORTH, a township-chapelry in Middleton parish, Lancashire; on an affluent of the river Roch, 3 miles NE by E of Bury r. station. Post Town, Rochdale. Acres, 1,022. Real property, £2,143. Pop., 233. Houses, 45. The property is all held by one proprietor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £119. Patron, Lord Egerton. The church is good.
John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

Cemeteries

St James, Chapel Lane, Church of England

Census

Details about the census records, and indexes for Ashworth.

Church Records

St James, Chapel Lane, Church of England

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Civil Registration

The Register Office covering the Ashworth area is Bury.

Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

In 1835 Ashworth was a township in the parish of Middleton.

History

A description of Ashworth in the 19th century.

Maps

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Probate Records

For probate purposes prior to 1858, Ashworth was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Chester are held at the Lancashire Record Office.

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