Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Sharples

Sharples, township, Bolton le Moors par., SE. Lancashire (partly within the parl. limits of Bolton, and containing Ashley Bridge), 3999 ac., pop. 3710; Sharples Hall, seat, is 3 miles N. of Bolton.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Lancashire Ancient County
Place: Sharples

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