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Harwood

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HARWOOD, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Bolton-le-Moors parish, Lancashire. The village stands 3 miles NE of Bolton r. station, and 4 W of Bury. The township comprises 1,100 acres. Post town, Bolton. Real property, £5,556; of which £800 are in mines, and £400 in quarries. Pop., 2,055. Houses, 435. The property is much subdivided. There are a cotton mill and a and was constituted in 1845. Pop., 1,525. Houses, 326. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £90.* Patrons, Trustees. The church is a recent structure, in the early English style; and has a small tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and a national school.

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

Archives and Libraries

Local studies information is held at Bolton library.

Cemeteries

Census

Details about the census records, and indexes for Harwood.

Churches

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

Civil Registration

The Register Office covering the Harwood area is Bolton.

Description and Travel

You can see pictures of Harwood which are provided by:

Gazetteers

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

Historical Geography

In 1835 Harwood was a township in the parish of Bolton.

Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.

You can see the administrative areas in which Harwood has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.

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

History

A description of Harwood in the 19th century.

Maps

View maps of Harwood and places within its boundaries.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SD749118 (Lat/Lon: 53.602152, -2.380785), Harwood which are provided by:

Probate Records

For probate purposes prior to 1858, Harwood 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.

Societies

Turton Local History Society

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.