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KENYON, a township in Winwick parish, Lancashire; on the LiVerpool and Manchester railway, at the junction of the Bolton and Leigh railway, 2½ miles E by N of Newton-in-Mackerfield. It has a station at the r. junction, and a post office under Manchester: and it gives the title of baron to the family of Kenyon. Acres, 1, 597. Real property, £2, 419. Pop., 274. Houses, 55. Bricks are made.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Lancashire Ancient County |
| Place: | Kenyon |
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