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GORTON (West), a chapelry in Gorton township, Lancashire; constituted in 1865. It contains the Bellevue gardens, and has a post-office under Manchester. reading room s, and a Franciscan convent. Pop., 4, 305. The living is a rectory. The church was built in 1866, and is in the early English style.
(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 names: | GORTON | GORTON WEST | WEST GORTON |
| Place: | West Gorton |
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