Duxbury
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DUXBURY, a township in Standish parish, Lancashire; near the Wigan and Preston railway, and the canal, 2 miles S of Chorley. Acres, 1,011. Real property, £3, 594; of which £1,064 are in mines. Pop., 341. Houses, 64. Duxbury Hall is the seat of the Standish family.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
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Census
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Church Records
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Civil Registration
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In 1835 Duxbury was a township in the parish of Standish.Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.