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IRLAM, a chapelry in Eccles parish, Lancashire; on Chat Moss, at the confluence of the rivers Irwell and Mersey, 5 miles SW of Leigh. It was constituted in 1866. Pop., about 2, 000. The living is a vicarage. Value, not reported. Patrons, Trustees. The church was built in 1865. There is an endowed school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Lancashire Ancient County |
| Place: | Irlam |
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