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GLODWICK, a chapelry in Prestwich parish, Lancashire; in the south-eastern vicinity of Oldham town and r. station. It was constituted in 1844; and its post town is Oldham. Pop., 7, 200. Houses, 1, 379. The property is not much divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £300.* Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church is good.
(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: | Glodwick |
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