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Middle Hulton

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HULTON (MIDDLE), a township in Deane parish, Lancashire; near the Bolton and Leigh railway, 3½ miles SSW of Bolton. Acres, 1,280. Real property, £6,446; of which £3,591 are in mines, and £100 in quarries. Pop., 790. Houses, 157. The manor belongs to the Earl of Ellesmere. Leigh's charities here yield £67 a year.

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

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Archives & Libraries

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Civil Registration

The Register Office covering the Middle Hulton area is Bolton.

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Gazetteers

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"MIDDLE HULTON, (and Over Hulton) townships in the parish of Deane, county Lancaster, 1 mile N.W. of Little Hulton, and 3 miles S.W. of Bolton. The inhabitants here chiefly engaged in the mines and collieries.

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Historical Geography

In 1835 Middle Hulton was a township in the parish of Deane.

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Probate Records

For probate purposes prior to 1858, Middle Hulton 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.

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