Boothstown
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BOOTHSTOWN, a hamlet in Worsley township, Lancashire; 7 miles WSW of Manchester. It has a post office under Manchester.

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

Cemeteries

Census

Details about the census records, and indexes for Boothstown.

Church History

Church Records

You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Boothstown area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database. This will also help identify churches in nearby townships and/or parishes. You also have the option to see the location of the churches marked on a map.

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Civil Registration

The Register Office covering the Boothstown area is Salford.

Description and Travel

Tony Smith has plenty of information about Boothstown.

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Gazetteers

Ask for the gazetteer for a calculation of the distance from Boothstown to another place.

Historical Geography

Area partly in Worsley township in the parish of Eccles, and partly in Tyldesley in the parish of Leigh.

History

A description of Boothstown in the 19th century.

Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SD715010 (Lat/Lon: 53.504905, -2.431175), Boothstown which are provided by:

Societies

You can also see Family History Societies covering the nearby area, plotted on a map. This facility is being developed, and is awaiting societies to enter information about the places they cover.