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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"GREAT LEVER, a township in the parish of Middleton, hundred of Salford, county Lancaster, 1½ mile S. of Great Bolton, its post town and railway station. The village, which is small, is situated on the great road from Bolton to Manchester. There are collieries, chemical works, and bleach grounds. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Manchester, value £33. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a modern edifice, with a turret containing two bells. Adjoining the church is a school for both sexes, also a Sunday-school.