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CULCHETH, a township and a sub-district in Leigh district, Lancashire. The township is in Newchurch-Kenyon parish; lies on the Liverpool and Manchester railway, 3 miles S of Leigh; and has a church, Methodist chapels, an endowed school for boys and girls, and charities £49. Acres, 5, 361. Real property, £10, 339. Pop., 2, 214. Houses, 444. Culcheth Hall is the seat of the Withingtons. -The sub-district includes also two townships of Leigh parish. Acres, 10, 427. Pop., 10, 881. Houses, 2, 204.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Culceth Parish Leigh Poor Law Union/Registration District Lancashire Ancient County |
| Place: | Culceth |
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