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
- Christ's Church, Stitch-mi-Lane, Church of England
- Longsight, Wesleyan Methodist
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Harwood.Church History
Church Records
- Christ's Church, Stitch-mi-Lane, Church of England
- St Brendan, Longsight, Roman Catholic
- Longsight, Wesleyan Methodist
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Harwood area is Bolton.Gazetteers
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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.